Tag: Nemean Games

5th July 2012 Athens, Greece

by Ed Roman

Second Secretary Economics

Ed Roman, Nemead/2nd Secretary Economic

London 2012 has been a major FCO priority this year, for British Embassy Athens especially. For 6th century BC city-state diplomats the Olympics was but one of four ancient Greek sporting contests to organise. Mythology suggests the Nemean games were founded by Herakles, having completed the first of his labours – wrestling the Nemean Lion. […]

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