The Ancient Nemean Games (NEMEIA), one of the four major athletic events of ancient Greece (others were Olympeia, Isthmeia & Delpheia) were revived once more in the ancient stadium of Nemea, in the Peloponnese, Greece, on Solstice Day. 600 athletes from around the world, clad in tunics, run barefoot in the ancient stadium, to earn nothing more than palm branches and wild celery.
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Society of the Revival of the Nemean Games
Nemea Excavations - University of California, Berkeley