Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro – Proclaim Unity in Diversity
Deserving our dignity and respect, The Refugee Team, at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, proved there is unity in cultural diversity
Olympic Games
Olympic Games – I Go to Rio… Rio De Janeiro – What a Blast!
Anna Meares gold medal winning track cyclist champion will be standard bearer for the Australian flag at the Opening of the Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro
Eddie the Eagle: Redefines a Hero, How High Can Hearts Soar?
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards Britain’s Olympic ski jumper fulfilled ancient and modern requirements of an Olympian competing at the Winter Olympics Calgary in 1988
Olympians & Gentlemen – Freedom, Liberty, Honour & Celebrity
The idea of a gentleman complex in its ethos, developed in Ancient Greece and was played out in spectacles such as the Olympic Games where victors became heroes
Motya Charioteer – Ancient Greek Sculpture at its Finest
The Motya Charioteer was found in 1979 amid excavations on the tiny island of Motya on the western tip of Sicily he is a fine example of ancient Greek sculpture
Olympic Games London – Success in the Ancient & Modern World
Winning at the Olympic Games was every bit as potent to the athletes of ancient times as it is today – it was the penultimate place to achieve success in sport
At The Games
There are enough irksome and troublesome things in life; Aren’t things just as bad at the Olympic festival? Aren’t you scorched there by the fierce heat? Aren’t you crushed in the crowd? Isn’t it difficult to freshen yourself up? Doesn’t the rain soak you to the skin? Don’t the noise,…
Sporting Co-travellers – Olympic Games & Rugby World Cup
O Sport, you are Peace! … from you, the young worldwide will learn self-respect, and thus the diversity of national qualities becomes the source of a generous and friendly rivalry
Olympian Zeus
At the very heart of the Olympic games was the central reason for its existence; to honour Zeus the most powerful of the Olympian Gods and the supreme God in Greek mythology. A visit to Olympia was a pilgrimage to his most sacred place, the grove known as the Altis,…
Olympia and Heracles
Lyrical Greek poet Pindar (522–443 BC) tells us the ‘superman’ of Greek mythology Heracles laid out Olympia as an act of homage. It was about celebrating the success of the twelve labours the Gods had set him. He cleared the site associated with the earth Goddess Ge 15k inland from…