The Heraea was an ancient Greek festival in which young girls competed in a footrace, possibly as a puberty or pre-nuptial initiation ritual. The race was held every four years at Olympia. The games were organised by a group of sixteen women, who were also responsible for weaving a peplos for Hera and arranging choral dances.

2024年7月28日 · The Heraean Games, named in honor of the Greek goddess Hera, took place every four years. The games, which were associated with adolescents, were considered a rite of passage into adulthood for females.

2016年8月10日 · Despite the societal inequalities and oppression, women in Greece wanted to play—so they started their own Olympics called the Heraean Games. “Every fourth year,” Pausanias wrote in 175 A.D.,...

Under the guidance of Hera, queen of the Olympians, ancient Greek women formed their own competition that they called the Heraean Games. Here’s more information: With striking similarity to social movements of the present day, the Heraean Games were a bastion of gender equality in ancient Greece.

The ancient Heraean Games were a series of athletic festivals exclusively for women, held in honor of the Greek mythological goddess Hera. Much like some of the Panhellenic games, the Heraean Games took place every four years.

The Heraean Games, held in the Olympic stadium, were instituted as the first athletic competition for women and helped undercut the gendered segregation of Greek society.

2022年4月10日 · The Heraean Games, named in honor of the Greek goddess Hera, took place every four years. The games, which were associated with adolescents, were considered a rite of passage into adulthood for females.

2023年1月10日 · In similar fashion to the Olympic Games, the Heraean Games were held in the stadium in Olympia and were four years apart. This series of athletic competitions was named in honor of the Greek goddess Hera, and most participants were young women.

2024年7月8日 · Every four years in ancient Greece, boys and men traveled to Olympia to honor the god Zeus by competing in the Olympic Games. There’s evidence that another sporting event was held at the same...

2022年2月28日 · Enter: the Games of Hera. No one is sure of the true origin of the Heraean Games. We do know that in Greek mythology, Hera was married to Zeus, and thereby was queen of the Olympian gods. So, a women’s game to honor her, just as the Olympics were made to honor Zeus, made sense in their culture.