Olympics - Games, Ritual and Warfare in the Ancient Greek Olympic Games
Olympics - Games, Ritual and Warfare in the Ancient Greek Olympic Games
The Olympic games began as a celebration of death, but like the Nemean games, the mythological explanations for the Olympics are confused. Two central figures used to explain the origins are Pelops and Hercules who are genealogically linked insofar as Hercules' mortal father was Pelops' grandson.