When did the tradition of carrying the Olympic torch begin?
History Ancient Olympics For the ancient Greeks, fire had divine connotations — it was thought to have been stolen from the gods by Prometheus. Therefore, fire was also present at many of the sanctuaries in Olympia, Greece. A fire permanently burned on the altar of Hestia in Olympia, Greece. During the Olympic Games, which honored Zeus, additional fires were lit at his temple and that of his wife, Hera.[citation needed] The modern Olympic flame is ignited at the site where the temple of Hera used to stand. The modern era The Marathon Tower at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, where the first modern Olympic Flame burnt in 1928 Olympic flame at Berlin games 1936The Olympic Flame from the ancient games was reintroduced during the 1928 Games.[citation needed] An employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam, lit the first Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.[citation needed] The modern convention of moving the Olympic Flame via a relay system from Olympi
