Hercules and the Olympic Games

The most known myth surrounding the origin of the c. 518 - 438 BC

The true origin of the Games is somehow lost in time even concerning the persons for example there is another Hercules who also is considered as the founder of the Games, the so called Hercules Daktyl, who was only as big as a finger (daktyl) .

Ancient Greece

Medieval Greece / Byzantine Empire

Modern Greece