Games

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.

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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

Isthmian Games at Corinth
Nemean Games at Nemea
Olympic Games
Pythian Games at Delphi

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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

Commonwealth Youth 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

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