Summary: In this episode, we discuss the program of the Ancient Olympic games in its entirety and introduce the other Panhellenic festivals 776 BC - the Olympic Games for Zeus at Olympia were instituted with the only event being the stadion foot race 724 BC - the diaulos was introduced 720 BC - the dolichos was introduced; the games were first performed in the nude 708 BC - wrestling and the pentathlon were introduced 688 BC - boxing was introduced 680 BC - chariot racing was introduced 648 BC - single horse equestrian races and the Pankration were introduced ca. 600-575 BC - the Herean Games for Hera at Olympia were instituted, in which women could participate 582 BC - the Pythian Games for Apollo at Delphi were instituted following their victory in the First Sacred War 581 BC - the Isthmian Games for Poseidon at Corinth were instituted following their expulsion of tyranny 573 BC - the Nemean Games for Zeus were instituted 566 BC - the Panathenaic Games at Athens were instituted by the tyrant Peisistratos 540-516 BC - brilliant wrestling career of Milo of Kroton 520 BC - the hoplitodromos was introduced
