The first Olympic Games were held in Greece, Olympia, from seven hundred and seventy six BC through three hundred and ninety three AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The ancient Olympic games went for five days in summer ever four years. Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, is in the western part of the Peloponnese which, according to Greek myth, is the island of "Pelops. Olympia functioned as a meeting place for worship and other religious and political practices as early as the 10th century B.C. The central part of Olympia was ruled by the majestic temple of Zeus. The Olympic Games were closely linked to the religious festivals to Zeus. According to
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They came together and competed against each other in different sporting events battling it off for the first place honour. “The games bring us together and create peace and understanding among us” said the orator (speaker) Lysias in 388 BC The Greeks invented an athletic contest and held them in honour of their gods. There were many different Greek festivals such as The Isthmos games that were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian Games which took place every four years near Delphi but the most famous festival was defiantly the Olympic Games.
After the 5 days of the Ancient Olympic Games there was eventually a man who was the winner at his event. As there were different events there were lots of winners. Winning the Olympic Games was a huge achievement and honour. Immediately after the athletes won their event the herald would announce the winners name, his father’s name and city of origin to the crowd. The athlete was given a palm branch and was decorated with red woollen ribbon around his head, arms and legs as a mark of victory. They were also given lots of reward such as; Money, free of paying tax and lots of food and
They came together and competed against each other in different sporting events battling it off for the first place honour. “The games bring us together and create peace and understanding among us” said the orator (speaker) Lysias in 388 BC The Greeks invented an athletic contest and held them in honour of their gods. There were many different Greek festivals such as The Isthmos games that were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian Games which took place every four years near Delphi but the most famous festival was defiantly the Olympic Games.
After the 5 days of the Ancient Olympic Games there was eventually a man who was the winner at his event. As there were different events there were lots of winners. Winning the Olympic Games was a huge achievement and honour. Immediately after the athletes won their event the herald would announce the winners name, his father’s name and city of origin to the crowd. The athlete was given a palm branch and was decorated with red woollen ribbon around his head, arms and legs as a mark of victory. They were also given lots of reward such as; Money, free of paying tax and lots of food and