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Ancient Olympics
Ancient Olympics were a series of competitions held in Ancient Greece to honor Zeus. Its exact origins were shrouded in legends and myths, but records showed that events began in 776 BC in Greece.
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Why when were the first Olympics held?
Olympia in Elis, southern Greece 776 BCE as a festival to the god Zeus.
Who was allowed to watch the ancient Olympics?
In honor of Zeus, games were held. Crowds of all kinds of people (everyone who was interested) would gather to watch games such as discus-throwing, longjump, and running.
"Every fourth year between 776 BC and AD 395, the Olympic Games, held in honour of the god Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology, attracted people from across Greece. Crowds watched sports such as running, discus-throwing and the long-jump."
Why did ancient Greece celebrate Olympics?
Sports promoted fitness and stamina and a desire to achieve greatness, and so were of social benefit. They were held in Greek cities as a part of religious festivals to honour the gods. Some were much more widely attended than others, gaining inter-city repute throughout the Greek world, and came to deliver financial and prestige benefits. The most prominent were the Olympic Games at Olympia in honour of Zeus, others were the Isthmian Games, Nemean Games, Pythian Games.
What did the competitors win in the ancient Olympics?
They won olive branches, though these olive branches were very important, as the victors in these events were paraded through streets, with their name being as famous as their face.
Their faces were so famous that they were sculpted into statues, which explains the nudity of many of these monuments, as the Olympics were performed in the buff. Also, in addition to statues, the winners of these games were given a great amount of money, as each winning won the man (as all competitors were young men) a small fortune.
The competitors were nude for the purpose of glorifying the perfection of the human body, as perfectly fit and muscular bodies were statues in action.
Who watched th ancient greek olympic games?
There was running, discus, javelin, races with armour on, triple jump, double jump, wrestling, boxing, chariot racing and fighting.
No he did not. Ares is the god of war and he was a Greek god so many people believed that ares rested in the soul of every spartan man but so may also believed that rested upon mount Olympus.
How did the Greeks influence the world today?
In culture (theatre, sculpture, buildings), language (new words in the English language are usually derivitives of Greek words, particulary in science - originally Latin was used but it lacked the scope required), religion (Christianity was spread initially in the Greek world), politics (modern politics is based on Greek models - monarchy, oligarchy and democracy).
Who was the mythilogical god who held the world on his sholders?
The mythical god who held Gaia (Earth) on his shoulders was Atlas also called Atlas Telamon (enduring Atlas). The act was a punishment from god Zeus.
Why was there opposition in France to coubertins revival of modern sporting games?
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What Greek emperor ended the Ancient Olympics?
The Olympic Games were ended by Theodosius I in AD 393 as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as the official religion of the Byzantine Empire, since the games were considered as pagan at this period of time.
