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Victoria, Australia
20 Dec 1858,
Mon • Page 3

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Restoration of tub Olympian Games is Greecb. A

correspondent, writing from Athens, under date 4th
September, says : "The Queen-Roaent has just signed a
royal decree for the re-establishment of the ancient
Olympic games, after being discontinued for nearly 1500
years. Thev are to be held at Athens, in the ancient
Stadium, which is still in a very perfect state of
preservation, and requires very little more than a good
cleaning out, and are to taKe place on tne three nrst
cmnuays in uctooer, every fourth year, commencing in
1859. The games are to include horse-races, wrestling,
throwing auoits. and other athletic sports, singing, music,
and dancing, besides which there is to be an exhibition of
flowers, fruit, cattle, and other articles of Greek produce
or manufactures. This eccentric idea was tormed by a
wealthy reio-ponnesian, named Evangelos Zappas,who
resides at Jassy, in Moldavia, and who has liberally
endowed the games by placing at the disposal of the
Hellenic Government 4U J snares in ma Greek Steam
Navigation Company, besides the sum of 3000 Dutch
ducats in nalura. The prizes are to be awarded by a
committee ap pointed each Olympiad by the Greek
Govern ment, and will consist ot gold and suver medals,
and wreaths of silver leaves and flowers. The former will
contain an effigy o'f the King, whilst on the reverse will be
engraved the name of the founder, ' Zappas,' and the
date, or rather the number, of the Olympiad. The winners
of the prize medals will be entitled to wear them at the
button-hole, suspended by a blue and white watered silk
ribbon." Atlas.

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