6/16/2023 0 Comments Supreme ruler ultimate trainersThe Olympic Flame was first introduced at the 1928 Olympic Games, the torch relay at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. On 27 July, in the traditional opening ceremony athletes from around the world will march into the newly built London Olympic Stadium and the lighting of the Olympic flame will occur, to burn for the duration of the Games. Now, more than 2,700 years after the original Ancient Olympics, London, which did not even exist at that time, and now the capital city of around 8 million people, is in the ultimate point of preparing to host the 2012 Olympic Games. They were designed to encourage “the development of body, mind, and spirit.” The Olympics, held every four years during the midsummer full moon- an intentional choice of timing allowing the games to continue through the night, began as a festival to honour Zeus in Ancient Greece. The ability of the athletes themselves are considered and rewarded. Today nations still meet for the Olympic Games but not to honour Zeus. Once every four years the Olympians held a festival including games to honour their god. The Oak was his tree and his priests were made aware of his will by the rustling of its leaves. The Eagle was his bird and his oracle, Dodona. His weapon, the thunderbolt which had been designed by three Cyclopes, he could hurl with deadly intent and accuracy. Zeus was also the ‘guardian of political order and peace.’ His breastplate, bearing the head of a Gorgon – so glorious and at the same time awful to behold that no human could see Zeus in all his magnificence and survive. his affairs, display a surprising lack of common sense and ability to stay out of trouble and proved this whilst indulging in his unfaithfulness to his wife. Zeus did however, as regarded his love life, i.e. This in sharp contrast to the more usual all-powerful sun-gods of other mythologies. Rain, a rarity in a climate as hot and dry as that of Greece was considered to be the most important force of nature in the Ancient World. His image was a common sight on Greek coins and he was known by many titles: Lord of the Sky, the Cloud- gatherer, the Rain-god and Zeus the Thunderer, These titles expressed very clearly how high in esteem and power Zeus was held the Ancient Greeks Zeus was all-powerful, magnificent, awe-inspiring and knowledgeable – the sovereign god and ruler of the gods on Mt Olympus in Thessaly. Zeus – Supreme god and ruler – Mount Olympus
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