Tethrippon was a four-horsed chariot race, that involved twelve laps around the track at the Hippodrome stadium.
Because the people of Ancient Greece wanted to honour the Greek god Zeus, king of the gods.
Marriage
The Olympic Games.
The precident is the one to ask
They were held in Olympia, ancient Greece, hence the name for the event, The Olympics. This is also why Greece held the first modern Olympics, why their athletes always come out first in the parade, and why the national anthem of Greece is played at all closing ceremonies.
The oldest sporting event in history is the Olympic Games, which originated in ancient Greece around 776 BC.
In Ancient Greece In Ancient Greece In Ancient Greece
No part of America invented athletics.Athletics were invented (or first recorded as a competitive event) in ancient Greece, the most famous event being the Ancient Olympic games.
The victor of the sprint race, which was the only event in the first Olympics.
No, slavery was legal in ancient Greece.
The first recorded race in the world was the stadion race, a sprinting event in ancient Greece that was part of the ancient Olympic Games.
its from ancient Greece