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Ancient Olympic Games and Sixteen Women

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Difference between Ancient Olympic Games and Sixteen Women

Ancient Olympic Games vs. Sixteen Women

The ancient Olympic Games were originally a festival, or celebration of and for Zeus; later, events such as a footrace, a javelin contest, and wrestling matches were added. Pausanias, in his Description of Greece (c. 175 CE), refers to "the Sixteen Women", who wove a robe for Hera every four years as part of the Heraean Games.

Similarities between Ancient Olympic Games and Sixteen Women

Ancient Olympic Games and Sixteen Women have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Hera, Heraean Games, Pausanias (geographer).

Hera

Hera (Ἥρᾱ, Hērā; Ἥρη, Hērē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth in Ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians and the sister-wife of Zeus.

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Heraean Games

The ancient Heraean Games, dedicated to the goddess Hera (also spelled Heraia) were the first sanctioned (and recorded) women's athletic competition to be held in the stadium at Olympia, possibly in the Olympic year, prior to the men's events.

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Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias (Παυσανίας Pausanías; c. AD 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD, who lived in the time of Roman emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.

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Ancient Olympic Games and Sixteen Women Comparison

Ancient Olympic Games has 122 relations, while Sixteen Women has 3. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 2.40% = 3 / (122 + 3).

References

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