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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The course on which were celebrated the great games (foot-racing, wrestling, &c.) of ancient Greece, held at Olympia, Athens, and other places; the most famous was that laid out at Olympia; length 600 Greek feet, which was adopted as the Greek standard of measure, and equalled 606½ English feet.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Stadium'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/stadium.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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