Ancient Olympics
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Dominic Patric de Neuville
The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of competitions held between
representatives of several city-states and kingdoms from Ancient
Greece, which featured mainly athletic but also combat and...
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Ancient Olympics
www.
transitweb.
ch
Dominic Patric de Neuville
The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of competitions held between
representatives of several city-states and kingdoms from Ancient
Greece, which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot
racing events.
During the Olympic games all struggles against the
participating city-states were postponed until the games were finished.
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The origin of these Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend.
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One
of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the
progenitors of the Games.
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According to legend, it was Heracles who
first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding
them every four years.
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A legend persists that after Heracles completed
his twelve labors, he built the Olympic stadium as an honor to Zeus.
Following its completion, he walked in a straight line for 200 steps and
called this distance a "stadion" (Greek: ζηάδιον, Latin: stadium, "stage"),
which
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