It will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. CET (local time in Paris). The Olympics describes ... The Olympic torch was lit in Olympia, Greece, by actress Mary Mina, who took on the role of ...

When Edouard Manet's painting Olympia is hung in the Salon of Paris in 1865, it is met with jeers, laughter, criticism, and disdain. It is attacked by the public, the critics, the newspapers.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.