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    watch the Olympic Games. Here, thousands of the world’s greatest athletes compete for glory. The modern Olympic Games started only in 1896, but the ancient Olympic Games began over two-thousand years before. The ancient Greek Olympics were an important part of the Greek culture and were celebrated for hundreds of years, during which the political and cultural borders shifted. The athletic games held in Olympia during ancient Greece exemplified the religious and exclusive nature of the ancient Greek society

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    History of the Ancient Olympic Games The ancient Olympic Games date back to the year 776 B.C. and included only free male citizens of Greece who competed in games to determine the best athlete in Greece. Today, the Olympic Games consist of men and women from all countries who compete to see who the best athlete at a given sport is. These new sports and competitions operated under different rules and required regulations to make sure the game was fair. Just like today, the first Olympic Games required

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    Games of the Ancient Olympics The Olympics began in ancient Olympia Greece, which lies 10km east of Pirgos, in a valley between Mt. Kronos, the Alfios river, and the Kladeos. This area was inhabited by the Pisans, whose King was Oinomaus. His daughter Hippodameia had married Pelops, and it has been said that the first games were held in their honor around 1000 B.C. Through the years the games began to attract interest in nearby towns. In 776 B.C. , the leader of the Eleians, Iphitos, rededicated

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    In the monograph, The Ancient Olympics, Nigel Spivey examines how culture encourages and shapes the Olympic Games, as well as become a safe haven for ancient Greece during times of conflict. This multifaceted monograph demonstrates that the societal behavior of the Athenians shifted within prescribed roles regarding the use of violence, the imagery of true beauty, and the love for Greece’s youth during the games. In addition to shedding light on society’s enlightening interpretation of what occurs

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    the 19th century, and the organization °f annual and traditional sport competitions, especially between schools and universities, the idea arose of reviving the Olympic Games in the modern world. A Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was the enthusiast whose personal drive and initiative brought about the inauguration of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 with the participation of 311 athletes from thirteen countries, competing in nine sports. At first, the modern Games were limited to men. Women

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    Brown Ancient Greek Olympic Games Well, there won’t be any oxen dying in this year’s games. Many years ago, in 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games took place in Olympia, Greece. The Greeks made the games in honor of their head God, the god of the sky, The Almighty Zeus. These games continued for nearly 12 centuries until the emperor of Rome, Theodosius, stated that the games were banned in 393 A.D. While the Olympics have changed over many years, most rituals have stayed the same. The Olympic Games

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    The Olympics feature the best athletes in the world competing in a variety of sports. Many of these sports are common, like swimming, running, and gymnastics. But the Olympics games have also included some uncommon sports. Some of these sports can even be considered strange, odd, and even weird. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. These games had the first weird Olympic sports, one-handed weightlifting and rope climbing. The athletes who competed in one-handed weightlifting

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    Did you know that there were Olympic Games over two thousand years ago? Men and women would cheer when an opponent would compete a task well done. This shows it could be either modern or ancient Olympic Games going on. In this essay I will be talking about modern and ancient Olympic Games, these include a time and location, a purpose and events, and participants, observers, and awards given. There are many differences and similarities between these two and with this essay I will show you what those

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    expert Yale professor in the field of Ancient Greek athletics states that the Olympics were held “in honor of Zeus in the city of Olympia” (Miller). “The element of religion is evident in this historical event. Many people have heard of the concepts of the Greek Gods, but this level of religious involvement is interesting. These games were held “for four days every fourth summer”, a tradition that partially continues to this day (Miller). “Many festivals in ancient Greece were dedicated to the Gods”

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    The original ancient Olympic Games can be followed back to 776 B.C although per Homer’s Iliad they may have existed as early as the twelfth century BC. The Games proceeded for twelve centuries and were devoted to Olympian deities. Olympia turned into the site of these memorable ancient Olympic games that scattered the seeds for the most desired global sporting events of current times, the Modern Olympics. The location of the Ancient Olympics is situated in the western piece of Peloponnese. As per

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