The Zappas Olympics (Greek: Ζάππειες Ολυμπιάδες), simply called Olympics (Greek: Ολύμπια, Olympia) at the time, were a series of athletic events held in...

Zappas may refer to: Evangelos Zappas, Greek philanthropist and businessman The Zappas Olympics, athletic competitions organized by Evangelos Zappas Petros...

Athens Games were funded by the legacies of Evangelis Zappas and his cousin Konstantinos Zappas: 117  and by George Averoff: 128  who had been specifically...

competed in 43 events. Zappas and his cousin Konstantinos Zappas had left the Greek government a trust to fund future Olympic Games. This trust was used...

at the Isthmus of Corinth Zappas Olympics, Olympic revival games held in Athens in 1859, 1870, and 1875 1896 Summer Olympics, of the I Olympiad 1906 Intercalated...

hosted the Zappas Olympics in 1870 and 1875. After being refurbished, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the first modern Olympics in 1896 and...

Evangelos or Evangelis Zappas (Greek: Ευάγγελος or Ευαγγέλης Ζάππας; Romanian: Evanghelie Zappa; 23 August 1800 – 19 June 1865) was a Greek patriot, philanthropist...

Konstantinos Zappas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ζάππας; 1814–1892) was a Greek entrepreneur and national benefactor who together with his cousin, Evangelos Zappas, played...

Summer Olympic Games (known in French as "Jeux olympiques d'été"), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is...

and was not used again until the Zappas Olympics in the late 19th century CE. Before the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics the stadium was completely renovated...