Myth Olympic Games
Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum Vaduz, Liechtenstein, July 2016 - January 2017For thousands of years, sport animated the life of the ancients. Sport was an essential element in the lives of the ancient Greeks and Romans when numerous sports flourished and aroused popular enthusiasm, just like today.
What do we know about sport in those times? When and where did the Olympic Games start? Was it really in 776 BCE when the first athletic games in honour of Zeus were held at Olympia? What sports were played? What did victory mean to the ancient athletes? Above all, what relationships still exist between the Games of the past and those of modern times? These questions and others are addressed in this dynamic exhibition that compares and contrasts the origins of the Olympic Games with the Modern Games, resumed again in 1896 due to the efforts of the French Baron, Pierre De Coubertin. Highlighting the relations of continuity and innovation between ancient and modern, the sports that enthral us today are examined.
What do we know about sport in those times? When and where did the Olympic Games start? Was it really in 776 BCE when the first athletic games in honour of Zeus were held at Olympia? What sports were played? What did victory mean to the ancient athletes? Above all, what relationships still exist between the Games of the past and those of modern times? These questions and others are addressed in this dynamic exhibition that compares and contrasts the origins of the Olympic Games with the Modern Games, resumed again in 1896 due to the efforts of the French Baron, Pierre De Coubertin. Highlighting the relations of continuity and innovation between ancient and modern, the sports that enthral us today are examined.
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