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 **By:Austin Schaffert & Gianna Sabanov**  **Ancient Olympic Games!** There are many things about Ancient Greece but I'm more interested in the Olympic games! The reason for the ancient Olympic games was because of the religious event and it was in honor of Zeus. For the Olympics it took place at a stadium in Olympia in Southwest Greece. They were honored by receiving a wreath of laurel or olive leaves to wear. After that, they would shout out their names to their families. There were five teams Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Argos, and Megara. Those five teams were __**VERY**__ competitive and would destroy __**ANYONE**__  in it’s path.

Ancient Greek Olympics The Olympics were very important to the Greeks because it was an honor to the gods.Any man who qualified to be in the Olympics could participate in the events.In the Olympics there was about 8 events.Such as boxing, running , discus throwing , javelin throwing , wait lifting , wrestling , long jump , and chariot racing .The Olympics started in 776 BC.The Greeks were huge sports fans. the Olympics were held every 4 years. Souces wikispace.com; google.com; ancientgreece.com