Olympics In Greece

The most famous games held at Olympia, South- West of Greece, which took place every four years, and last for 5 days. The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 776 BC, in honour of Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games and only Greek nationals could participate.

Greece was very hot so in the sports they did not have clothing like: P.E kit shorts short sleeve top nothing they were naked. The games then well some of them were like are but there’s others.

This is the Greece map come and point at a country on this map.

Olympic Games These were the games in 776 BC: Boxing Wrestling Pankration: Boxing and Wrestling Chariot racing Horse riding Racing in armour Pentathon: Discus, javelin, running, wrestling, jumping

The Story of Zues Zeus was, for many Greeks, the king of the gods. He is shown this way in Homer's Iliad, for example.GreekskinggodsHomer's Iliad He is a sky god: people thought of him as living on top of a mountain (Mount Olympus), and when he is angry he throws lightning bolts out of the sky at people.lightning bolts

The tradition of lighting an Olympic Flame comes from the ancient Greeks. During the Ancient Olympic Games, a sacred flame was lit from the sun’s rays at Olympia, and stayed lit until the Games were completed.

Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece. The Games were part of a religious festival, It had inspired the modern Olympic Games (begun in 1896) The Games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods.

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