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Ancient Greece Olympics By: Gianna Tunzi and Madison Gabouer

If we watch the Olympic games today, we would see many different countries competing and many different events, but the Olympics in Ancient Greece were different in many ways.For one thing, the games were held in honor of the gods. In Greece though, there was a lot of war going on, so that’s why there was the sacred truce. The sacred truce is a peace that let anyone travel to Olympia the month before the Olympics. Even though the Olympic Games were a big event, back then only men who spoke Greek were able to compete. Women were also not allowed to watch the games. Today it might seem like a lot of events, but back then they had a lot of events too. The main event was the foot-race. Some of the other events included wrestling, boxing, horse-racing, and pentathlon.

There were many games in the Olympics.There were so many, the Olympians had to split them into five days! The first day, the athletes day was made up of many sacrifices. The second day was mostly foot-races, the main event of the games. This event was held in the Olympic stadium. The fist race was Stadion, where the competitors ran across the length of the stadium once. the next race was a 2-stade race and then a long distance run. The fourth and final race involved the athletes wearing full armor in a 2-4 stade race. The next two days were made up of boxing, wrestling ,and pancratium. The object of wrestling was to hit your opponent to the ground three times. For boxing, the opponents would strap leather or metal over the fingers to deafen the blow. The last two days were made up of the pentathlon and horse races. The pentathlon was made up of 5 events; Sprinting, long-jumping, javelin-hurling, discus-throwing, and wrestling. The horse racing was strictly confined to the wealthy but was largely popular. The games were held every four years and started in 700 B.C.. The games were five days long, each day holding separate events. The games were held in Olympia, just South-West of Greece. The events were played in an Olympic stadium. The winners of these events were given an olive branch, a statue, a poem, free meals for life, removal of taxes, a large amount of olive oil, and large amounts of money and prizes. The winners were also allowed to fight alongside the king during wars or battles.

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