Further Resources: FAQ 1

• See the description and more images of the vase with the footrace.

• Learn more about the gymnasium at Olympia, including a description, site plan, and more images.

• For stories about the various mythical origins of the Olympics, read the writer Pausanias's tour guide of Olympia in the 2nd century A.D. (Pausanias 5.7, Pausanias 5.8) and the writer Apollodorus's mythology handbook, the Library.

• See the description and more images of the vase with Zeus.

• Read the poet Homer's description of Patroclus's funeral games in the Iliad.

• See the description and more images of the vase with Achilles.

• Read Pausanias's account of the order events were added to the Olympics in his Description of Greece.

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