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**[[Isthmian Games]] at [[Corinth]] |
**[[Isthmian Games]] at [[Corinth]] |
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**[[Nemean Games]] at [[Nemea]] |
**[[Nemean Games]] at [[Nemea]] |
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**[[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] |
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**[[Pythian Games]] at [[Delphi]] |
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===In the Roman world=== |
===In the Roman world=== |
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*[[Capitoline Games]] |
*[[Capitoline Games]] |
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*[[Secular Games]] (Latin ''Ludi Saeculares'') of Rome |
*[[Secular Games]] (Latin ''Ludi Saeculares'') of Rome |
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==Modern Games== |
==Modern Games== |
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Games were an important celebratory element in the religious life of ancient Greece. The modern Olympic Games take their name from the Ancient Olympic Games; the modern Olympics are divided between the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games.
Games in the Greco-Roman World
Ancient games in the Greco-Roman world included:
In Greece
- Heraea Games at Olympia
- Panathenaic Games at Athens
- Four Panhellenic Games
In the Roman world
- Capitoline Games
- Secular Games (Latin Ludi Saeculares) of Rome
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Modern Games
Modern multi-sport events, aside from the Olympics, include:
- All-Africa Games
- Arafura Games
- Arctic Winter Games
- Aryan Games
- Asian Games
- Asian Winter Games
- Australian University Games
- Bolivarian Games
- British Empire Games
- Canada Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games
- Commonwealth Games
- Cotswold Games
- East Asian Games
- FEI World Equestrian Games
- Friendship Games
- Gaelic games
- Games of the Small States of Europe
- Gay Games
- Goodwill Games
- Highland games
- Ireland: Community Games
- Jeux de la Francophonie for the French-speaking world community
- Lusophony Games for the Portuguese-speaking world community
- Maccabiah Games
- Mediterranean Games
- Military World Games
- Nordic Games
- Pacific Games
- Pan American Games
- Pan Arab Games
- Pan-Armenian Games
- Paralympic Games
- South American Games
- South Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games
- Special Olympics World Games
- U.S. State Games: National Congress of State Games
- World Games
- World Air Games
- World Wheelchair and Amputee Games