'Map of the Peloponnesus', 1890. The Peloponnesus or Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, named after Pelops in Greek mythology, the first Olympic Games were held at Olympia, in Westeren Peloponnese in 776BC. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]