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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
statue of apollo
The exterior and interior sculpture carved on marble
stone in the Temple of Zeus have been highly acclaimed by people all over
the world over
the decades. Some details of these sculptural ornamentation have been reproduced on the
Olympic stamps of Greece. The carvings are mainly based on Greek mythology. "The
fight of the Lapithae and the Centaurs" was the subject of 10 drachma stamp of
Greece. It shown three personages - Poirithous (King of the Lapithae), a Centaur (a
fabulous monster) and Deidameia (bride of Peirithous). Apollo stands in the centre.
According to the legend Peirithous and Centaurs had frequent violent fights with each
other. At last Apollo intervened and defeated the Centaurs. Since then it is believed that
Apollo was the protector of the sacred truce of Olympia.
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
To commemorate XX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES. TURIN, Lithunia released the following stamp in 2006. The XX Winter Olympic Games took place in Turin on February 10-26, 2006. Approximately 2500 athletes from 85 countries participated in the Olympics.
Olympic Stories Lot-1
- First Olympic Stamp
- Olympic God Zeus
- Temple of Hera
- Apollo
- Hercules
- Goddess Nike
- Olympic Sculptor
- Olympic Coins
- Chariot Race
- Naked Runners
- Armoured Races
- Olympic Martyr
- Olympic Revenue
- Women Olympian
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[27/08/2008] Glima, the Icelandic national wrestling, a display of which was included in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 More…
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