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The Stadium at Nemea (Greek: Νεμέα στάδιον) sits on the ancient site of Nemea in the modern day region of Corinthia. Here, ancient Greek athletes participated...

Nemea (/ˈniːmiə/; Ancient Greek: Νεμέα; Ionic Greek: Νεμέη) is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of...

were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were held at Nemea every two years (or every third). With the Isthmian Games, the Nemean Games...

metres (9.8–13.1 ft). These were called kampteres. Archaeological evidence at Nemea also shows that there were individual turning posts. Gardiner p.136 Sweet...

The Heroon at Nemea is a part of the larger Panhellenic sanctuary of Zeus in the North-West Argolid. A small feature of the sanctuary as a whole, the heroon...

on the original programme for paides as well as men at the Pythian games and is attested at Nemea too. The dolichos for younger competitors may have been...

Spurious diphthong Stadion (unit) Stadion (running race) Stadium at Nemea Stadium at Olympia Stadium of Delphi Stag Hunt Mosaic Stagira (ancient city) Stamnos...

other side.[citation needed] Delos Delphi Isthmia Lageion Mount Lykaion Nemea Olympia Aphrodisias Caesarea Maritima Circus Maximus Gerasa Hippodrome of...

(Isthmos Railway Station) Corinth (Corinth Canal) Nemea (Ancient Stadium) Rio (Fortress of Rio) Episode summary At the start of this leg, teams were instructed...

shield carried in the runner's off hand. At Nemea, the distance was doubled to four stades (about 700–800 m), and at Plataea in Boeotia the race was 15 stades...

building in which it took place. This word became stadium in Latin, which became the English "stadium". The race also gave its name to the unit of length...

career to the excavation and promotion of the archaeological site of Ancient Nemea in the Peloponnese, Greece. Miller was born in Goshen, Indiana to a Methodist...

had a ritual component in the athletic games or ceremonies. Nemea also housed a stadium, where athletes would participate in games, specifically the...

were held at Olympia in honor of Zeus; the Pythian Games, which took place in Delphi and honored Apollo; the Nemean Games, occurring at Nemea and also...

Tripoli 30 March: Nemea, Mycenae, Argos, Nafplio, Epidaurus 31 March: Kranidi, Spetses, Hydra, Poros, Aegina, Salamina, Panathenaic Stadium The International...

2004. Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece: Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia, Nemea, Athens. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. Swaddling, Judith. 1984. The...

length of a stadium. However, stadiums could vary in size and there was apparently no definite standard length for them, e.g., the stadium at Delphi measures...

gardeners for several centuries after, with copies seen at neoclassical gardens such as the grotto at Stourhead. All the names for various classes of nymphs...

Ancient Greek σέλινον: Pindar, Isthmian Odes 2.16, 8.64. “At the Isthmus the pine, and at Nemea celery became the prize to commemorate the sufferings of...

had himself crowned twice, and at the renowned Isthmus four times, in his good fortune, and again and again at Nemea and in rocky Athens". Pindar also...