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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
Hercules the Great
The Temple of Zeus was built at such a time (460 B.C.) when the glory of the Olympic
Games was at its zenith. Built entirely of white marble, even the outer walls were also
adorned
with marble bas-reliefs. Specimens of two such bas-reliefs were featured on two Greek stamps. These two sculptural compositions show us the labours of Hercules and take us into the astonishing world of myths and legends. The first stamp shows Hercules leading the mighty bull to Mycenae - a prehistoric Greek city. The other stamp illustrates
Hercules holding up the vault of Heaven supported by Athena. A really Herculeun task for
any sculptor who works on marble stone!
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
In 2004, India released these four stamps to honour 28th Olympic games.
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
Recent Updates
[31/08/2008] modified version of an ancient Red Indian ball game called 'Baggataway' More…
[27/08/2008] Glima, the Icelandic national wrestling, a display of which was included in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 More…
[26/08/2008] Unique feature of 2008 Olympic stamps of Australia More…
