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Do the ancient and modern olympic games tell us anything about religious beliefs?
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The Ancient Olympic Games began as part of a religious festival in honor of?
Zeus.
What was original purpose of the Ancient Olympic Games?
The ancient Olympic Games was a religious festival dedicated to the god Zeus, whose temple at Olympia was the site of the Games.
Did the colseum in Athens have anything to do with ancient Greek olympic games?
In ancient Greece Olympia was the venue for the games which took their name after this city: The Olympic games. They were not in Athens. The modern Olympic Games are different.
Is the roman Olympic track open for the public to run on?
There is no Roman Olympic track. The Olympics were an ancient Greek religious festival, not a Roman one.
Why were the Olympics made?
The ancient Greek Olympic games were to honor Zeus and sportsmanship.
Why were the Olympic Games celebrated in ancient Greece?
As a religious celebration for the god Zeus at Olympia in Elis southern Greece.
Were the ancient Olympic Games always held in Olympia?
Yes, at the Temple of Zeus at Olympia - as a religious festival in honour of the god.
Why wasn't the Olympic games in the ancient Olympics?
it was in ancient olympic
What women was aloud in the real ancient Olympics the ancient olympic games?
No, there was only olympic games for men in ancient olympic history
The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to who?
The Olympics was a religious festival in honor of Zeus. Zeus was the king of the Greek gods.
For the ancient Olympics was the Olympic Torch carried around different countries?
No. The ancient Olympics were a sports festival but also a religious festival celebrated in Greece by Greeks to honor the Greek gods.
What is the ancient olympic event?
The Olympic Games.
