Setting link the next correct date for the ancient Olympic games required a fairly sophisticated grasp of astronomy. link The Games, then as now, took place once every four years, in a cycle called an Olympiad. Specifically, link the Games were meant to take place beginning on the first full Moon after the Summer Solstice. The Summer Solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight (this year, that was June 21st).
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Setting link the next correct date for the ancient Olympic games required a fairly sophisticated grasp of astronomy. link The Games, then as now, took place once every four years, in a cycle called an Olympiad. Specifically, link the Games were meant to take place beginning on the first full Moon after the Summer Solstice. The Summer Solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight (this year, that was June 21st).
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