The Greeks noticed that eight solar years was close to 99 lunar months. So they started a calendar called the octaeteris, which was eight solar years or 99 lunar months. Later, they measured the octaeteris as two four-year periods, one of 49 months and one of 50 months, and they called these 4-year periods "Olympiads." This 4-year period still survives today. Every four years, we add a leap day in February, and we also hold the Olympics. In America, we even elect a President (a "new king") every four years. The Olympics originated as a reenactment of an astronomical myth which described a calendar. The story tells of a man named Pelops who wanted to marry Hippodamia, the daughter of King Oenomaus. Oenomaus was willing to offer his daughter's hand to any potential suitor who could compete w