olympic history

[sweetwater]

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/ ... id=8314016

fascinating look back at the games

[Diana Moon Glampers]

I notice they skipped from 1968 to 1976.
But I have vivid memories of 1972.

My favorite bit of Olympic history

The Olympic truce

A truce (in Greek, ekecheiria, which literally means "holding of hands") was announced before and during each of the Olympic festivals, to allow visitors to travel safely to Olympia. An inscription describing the truce was written on a bronze discus which was displayed at Olympia. During the truce, wars were suspended, armies were prohibited from entering Elis or threatening the Games, and legal disputes and the carrying out of death penalties were forbidden.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/truce.html

[mtmynd]

Very cool (no pun intended), The horse-drawn skiers, I wonder when that sport was discontinued? I can't imagine that being an Olympic event today.

TY.