Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

Pentathlon, a combination of running ... aiming to experience ancient Greek culture rather than achieve athletic glory.

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... Strange, I know… The pentathlon is a five-event contest combining running, jumping, discus, javelin ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic ... game to take part in the pentathlon and save the bronze ...