THE 2024 NEMEAN GAMES
- 90m races -
At the Ancient Stadium of Nemea
Saturday 29th June 2024
AH3 Run #2250
MD & DS arriving from Athens at 06:30 am
The entrance leading to the stadium
The changing tent (in the location where ancient atheletes charged clothes)
Finishing posts for the 100m run.
Flags indicating the International aspect of the games.
Supporters gather at the tunnel entrance
Mad Dog - Race #1 at 07:00
(MD placed 2nd in this race)
MD emerging from the tunnel when name called
Group photo at the end of each race
Tender Vittles - Race #27 at 09:36
- WINNER -
TV just having emerged from the tunnel and entered the stadium
From video - TV winning the race
Winner's
headband and palm branch.
At the closing ceremony the winners are given a crown of wild celery.
Krazie Puppie - Race #35 at 10:18
Coke Alone - Race #68 at 14:00
Violet - Race #88 at 16:00
MD-TV Family relaxing in the shade between running events
Warrior race
As was done in ancient times - wearing helmets and carring shields (as in battle)
Photos of the officials
Heralds, Judges, etc.
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM
With lists of names and races
The runner's stuff
HISTORY OF THE GAMES
The ancient Greeks celebrated festivals at Nemea that were part of the cycle of games at Delphi, Isthmia, and (best known today) Olympia.
At each one of these four sites in rotation, for a brief period each year, wars and hostilities were suspended by a sacred truce,
and all Greeks — Spartans and Athenians, Corinthians and Argives, Macedonians, and Cretans — gathered in recognition of their common humanity.
This impulse toward peace — albeit limited to a few days each year — was the first in the history of mankind on an organized, regular, and international scale.
Thus, the ancient festivals at Nemea, Olympia, Delphi, and Isthmia are the direct ancestors of today’s Olympic games as well as of the United Nations.
NOTES
1. The starting mechanism is called the Hysplex
2. The toga-type costume worn by runners is called a Chiton
3. The changing room or locker room was called an Apodyterion
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