Ancient Olympics

Athens did not have Olympics. It was hosted by Elis.

The first Olympic games began in 776BC.

No. Football is an American sport. America wasn't around during ancient times. Especially not ancient Olympics.

No, ancient Olympic Games were not limited to white people. The Games were open to free-born Greek men, regardless of their race or ethnicity. People from various city-states and regions could participate, as long as they met the criteria of being Greek citizens and competed within the designated categories.

The prizes were wild olive wreaths, a statue of the athlete, fame and honour.

discus originated from warriors seeing who could throw their sheilds further

The Judges selected the competitors

Start at 776 BCE to the year you want and find out how many by dividing by 4.

actually they were held to keep mrn and boys fit and ready for war. but they dedicated them to zeus, well the men did. the women dedicated theirs to hera.

A truce was announced before and during each of the Olympic festivals, to allow visitors to travel safely to Olympia. An inscription describing the truce was written on a bronze discus which was displayed at Olympia. During the truce, wars were suspended, armies were prohibited from entering Elis or threatening the Games, and legal disputes and the carrying out of death penalties were forbidden.

Stadiums and H ippodromes were errected for the Olympic Games

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It was first held in Mount Olympia, In Greece.

Blue, Yellow, black, Green, and Red. Those colors were chosen because every nation on the planet has at least one of them in its national flag.

None they didn't play any couse they did'nt have no clothing

Yes there was. There was also boxing. Wresting had only two rules: one grueling eyes or scratching.

The Summer Olympics are held 4 years apart, The Winter Olympics are held 4 years apart, They alternate every 2 years. The Special Olympics are held immediatly after the regular Olympics

what kinds of events make up theOlympic games, and what athletics compete in them?

The olympic flame is always first lit in the ancient Greek city of Olympia, where the games originate from. This year - 2012 it was lit in the ancient Greek city on May 2012 and was then taken across the country and finally handed over to the British officials, for the London 2012 Games, in the Greek capital, Athens but it was never lit there and it was most definitely not lit in the English city - Slough as mentioned in the previous answer.

Epicurus founded Epicurean philosophy which taught that being happy was the best good.

chariot race, pankration

yes

Every four years.

Before the modern Games were started, a committee was formed (International Olympic Committee) to work out the details concerning holding the Games. It was decided to hold the first modern Games (1896) in Athens due to Greece being the country where the Olympic Games were first held more than 2500 years earlier.

more than 3,000
If you are good at sports then it is a good chance for you to show the world what you can do. It is something that anyone and everyone can take part in, it doesn't matter what colour, country or race you are.