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Olympiad unit of a chronological era of ancient Greece, a four-year period, each one beginning with the Olympic games . Timaeus (c.356-c.260 BC) of Sicily was the first to use, as a check on chronology, the list of victors kept in the gymnasium at Olympia. The first Olympiad was reckoned to have begun in 776 BC

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Olympiad period of four years between celebrations of the Olympic games (ancient Gr. festival). XVI. — F. Olympiade or L. Olympias, -ad- — Gr. Olumpiás, f. Olúmpios, adj. of O'lumpos lofty mountain in Thessaly, Greece, home of the gods in Gr. myth.; see -AD.
So Olympian, Olympic XVI.

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O·lym·pi·ad / ōˈlimpēˌad; əˈlim-/ • n. a celebration of the ancient or modern Olympic Games. ∎ a period of four years between Olympic Games, used by the ancient Greeks in dating events. ∎ a major national or international contest in some activity, notably chess or bridge.

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