Olympian

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Olympian (from Olympia and Greek νίκη nikē , German 'victory' ) in ancient Greek means a winner at the Olympic Games .

In contrast to the etymological meaning, all athletes who take part in the Olympic Games are sometimes given this name.

Web links

Wiktionary: Olympians  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Regner: Olympians. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 1, Stuttgart 1939, Col. 232-241, here Col. 232.
  2. ↑ OLYMPIONIKE - Definition and synonyms of Olympionike in the German dictionary. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .