And though we cannot literally give credit to the tradition which assigns the restoration of these games to Lycurgus, in concert with Iphitus, king of Elis, and Cleosthenes of Pisa, we may suppose at least that to Elis, to Pisa, and to Sparta, the institution was indebted for its revival.
The Dorian Oracle of Delphi gave its sanction to a ceremony, the restoration of which was intended to impose a check upon the wars and disorders of the Peloponnesus.

Thus authorized, the festival was solemnized at the temple of Jupiter, at Olympia, near Pisa, a town in Elis.

It was held every fifth year; it lasted four days.

It consisted in the celebration of games in honour of Jupiter and Hercules.

The interval between each festival was called, an Olympiad.
After the fiftieth Olympiad (B.C.