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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 did the Greeks start the Olympics?
The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held for held in honor of Zeus because they want some thing to do and to honor their gods. According to Greek Mythology, Hercules started the games in celebration of his defeating and killing King Augeas and his sons, because Augeas did not give Hercules his promised reward after Hercules had cleaned the king's stables. After the original games, they were repeated every four years.
Who was the first person to ever enter the Olympics in 227 BC?
The Olympic Festival started in 776 BC when a cook named Koroibos from neighboring town of Elis won a 600 ft foot race. He was the first recorded winner in the only athletic activity at the Olympics at the time. The date of 776 BC is from inscriptions found at Olympia. There is belief that the festival may have started prior to that year but nothing commonly accepted as truth. It is also believed that the participants were naked in the race but again nothing concrete that can be claimed as complete truth.
Who were the gods associated with the Olympics?
The Olympians as they were known were the twelve Gods and Goddesses associated with the Olympics.They were:Aphrodite the Goddess of loveApollo the God of the SunAres the God of WarArtemis the Goddess of the MoonAthena the Goddess of WisdomDemeter the Goddess of FertilityDionysus the God of TheatreHephaestos the God of FireHera the Goddess of Marriage (wife of Zeus)Hermes the messenger GodPoseidon the God of the SeaZeus the God of the Sky and Ruler of Olympia.
The Olympics were a reference to them as they were a test of peoples' outstanding strength, speed, skill, and other "olympic" abilities.
See also Demigods, the Dryads, the Fates, the Erinyes, the Graces, the Horae, the Muses, the Nymphs, the Pleiades, the Titans
How long to the ancient Olympics held?
The first ever Olympics lasted only one day but gradually grew to five.
What was the first US city to hold the Olympics?
St. Louis, Missouri was the first US city to host the Olympics. It took place in 1904 and was the third Olympics.
The ancient city of Olympia is in Greece. There is a link below to an article on it.
There is a modern city named Olympia in Washington State and one named Olimpia in Brazil.
Who participated in the first Olympic Games?
Men were the only ones who were allowed to participated in the ancient olympics. women were not allowed to participate because women were known to disrespect the gods. And that the men competed naked!
What building were the ancient Olympics held?
The ancient Olympics were held at Olympia (near Elis, in the western Peloponnese, Greece). At first there was no stadium in the sense of a structure (stadion in Greek simply means "running-track"). The first stadium at Olympia was built about 550 BC, then remodelled in 500 BC with a sloped bank for spectators to stand on, and so on being re-built several times over nearly 900 years.
Eventually Olympia grew into a complex of temples, accommodations, and other facilities including a stadium for running, a hippodrome for horse-racing, a palaistra for wrestling, etc, etc.
In ancient Olympics games what was the reward?
BOOBIES is the answer! BOOBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is ancient Olympics based of of amateur athletes?
It was believed that amateur athletes try the hardest to attain feats of strength and endurance. The original Olympic Committee believed professional athletes would have an unfair advantage.
Why and how was Olympics started in AD 1896?
In fact, they were not started by Romans, but Greeks again.
Was ancient Greece one of the worlds most powerful nations?
Not at all.
First of all Greece wasn't an empire, hellenes were one of the world greatest civilizations and their home happen to be in the current Greece land.
So don't make mistake about this.
Which Greek god were the olympics held in honor of?
Zeus, whose temple was at Olympia in southern Greece.
What were the ancient traditions of the Olympic Games that are still used today?
the Olympics are of course still used today and held every four. In ancient Greece they were held to honor Zeus.
What do the athletes wear in ancient Greece?
the Greece people wore nothing to be honest i watched a movie and they sed they don't wear anything.
so yeah they don't wear nothing!
NOTHING
Why did the first ancient olympic games start?
Ancient Olympics were a religious event honouring Zeus, the most prominent of the Twelve Gods
When was the Olympic flame first used at an Olympic games?
the first Olympics game festival was in 776 bc
Did the ancient Olympics have the five rings?
The five Olympic rings were not designed until 1913. There were no Olympic rings associated with the ancient Olympic Games.
In Sparta or Athens did athletes participate in the olympic games?
Both of them could be in the Olympics and Sparta tried to win over Athenians all the time
How did the Olympic Games change after the Roman’s conquered the greeks
Which city-state did the first recorded Olympic Games take place in?
The games were held at the temple of Zeus which was in the territory of the city-state of Elis
Who wasn't allowed to compete in Ancient Greece Olympics?
Women were not permitted to watch the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
What kind of government did the citizens of Athens Greece live under?
Athens, Greece was one of the birthplaces of democracy. Athenian democracy was a direct democracy in which every citizen voted directly on issues of importance, rather than electing representatives to vote for them.
How were the Olympic Games linked to Ancient Greek religion?
Because the Olympics started in Greece which is where Zeus and other mythical stories took place.
