Sunday, May 18, 2008

Olympic Motto : week 3

The Latin & English Version
The Olympic Motto stands for (in Latin): "Citius, Altius and Fortius". These words mean "Faster, Higher and Stronger. Baron De Coubertin got these words from his father, Henri Martin Dideon, who was the headmaster of a school called : Arcueil College which was in Paris.

http://www.janecky.com/olympics/motto.html

1 comment:

Homebase 4 said...

I should have said "English translation of the Latin Motto" - you got it!