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All About the Ancient Greek Olympics

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This book takes a fun, age-appropriate look at the Ancient Greek Olympics. Topics covered include where and when the games were held, who competed, and the various different events that took place.

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Product details For ages 11+ Format Hardback | 32 pages Dimensions 190 x 240 x 9mm | 295g Publication date 05 Jun 2014 Publisher Pearson Education Limited Imprint Raintree Publishers Publication City/Country Harlow, United Kingdom Language English Illustrations note Illustrations (colour) ISBN10 1406285781 ISBN13 9781406285789 Bestsellers rank 967,266

ancient olympic sports running long jump discus the ancient olympic games were initially a oneday event until 684 bc when they were exted to three days. in the 5th century b.c. the games were exted again to cover five days. the ancient games incld running long jump shot put javelin boxing pankration and equestrian events.
ancient greek olympics the first olympic games in greece the first ancient olympic games can be traced back to olympia in 776 bc. full of blood passion and extraordinary feats of athletic eavour the olympic games were the sporting social and cultural highlight of the ancient greek calendar for almost 12 centuries.
ancient greek olympics facts for kids ancient greek olympics. in 776 b.c.e about three thousand years ago the first olympic games took place. originally the games were part of a religious festival to honor zeus. he was the god of the sky and the ler of the greek gods who lived on mount olympus the highest mountain in greece. where were the ancient olympics held?
ancient olympic games wikipedia the ancient olympics were as much a religious festival as an athletic event. the games were held in honor of the greek god zeus and on the middle day of the games 100 oxen would be sacrificed to him. over time olympia the site of the games became a central spot for the worship of the head of the greek pantheon and a temple built by the greek architect libon was erected on the mountaintop.

ancient olympic games ancient history encyclopedia the ancient olympic games were a sporting event held every four years at the sacred site of olympia in the western peloponnese in honour of zeus the supreme god of greek religion.involving participants and spectatorsom all over greece and even beyond the games were the most important cultural event in ancient greece and were heldom 776 bce to 393 ce a run of 293 consecutive olympiads.
the olympic games story for kids the olympic games story for kids nowyouknowabout. . the ancient origins of the olympics . all about the olympics for kids the history and symbols of the olympics freeschool duration 545.
11 surprising facts about the ancient greek olympics in fact in ancient greece women slaves and foreigners were consred secondclass citizens and were notee to participate in all social activities for example in politicalcisions but also the olympics. only adult men born greeks could participate. later in 6 th century bc heras games were established only for women.

how did the olympic games begin? bbc bitesize the olympic games began over 2700 years ago in olympia in south west greece. every four years around 50000 people cameom all over the greek world to watch and take part.