Olympic Games, were originally open only to competitors of pure Hellenic descent, and the reward of the victors was but a wreath of wild olive, though to this their fellow-citizens added more substantial honours; they consisted of foot and chariot races, and feats of strength as well as dexterity. See Olympia.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Olympias * Olympus