olympic

== =by Jared Olympics=

The Olympic games were a lot different from modern day. There are eight Olympic games in ancient Greek. there was boxing,riding,chariot riding,discus,,javelin,jump,running,and wrestling.One year 10,000 people went to the Olympic games. They honored the Greek god Zeus. They were the first to create the Olympic games, It was the biggest Greek thing they had. Every one around the world would come to play. People say Zeus created the running events. He created it to honor the defeat of his dad Cronus. The Olympic games were invented in 700 b.c. The girls would not be able to watch it they were only aloud to compete in it. The Olympic games was 5 days long. The first day they sacrificed a lot of animals to please the gods. The third day they sacerdotal 100 oxen. Some of the players sacrificed there self to honor the gods. On the second day was the foot race. In the wrestiling they had to throw there opponite to the ground 3 times to win. The olympics were also to honor the god named hera. There were 5 citystates that played the olympics. The first one was Sparta. The senconed one was Athens. The third one was Corinth. The fourth one was Argos. The final one was Megara.

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