olympic history
Posted: February 25th, 2010, 2:50 pm
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