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

In the Roman world

• Capitoline Games
• Secular Games (Latin Ludi Saeculares) of Rome

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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