Olympics

By Brandon The Greeks invented athletic contests.The Greeks held them in honor of the gods. The Greeks held the games in Olympia they took place every four years. They began in early 700 B.C they held the Olympics in honor if Zeus. The women were not allowed to watch the Olympics only the Greek nationals were allowed. They built ancient statue of Zeus it was created by a Greek sculptor named Pheidias. It was placed inside a temple even know it was 42 ft high. The Olympics were expanded instead of a one day festival it was changed to a five day festival with many events. On the middle day of the Olympics 100 oxen were sacrificed in honor of a god. Even the athletes made small sacrifices. On the second day the foot race was held at Olimpia there were four different races 1 0ne was the stadion it was the oldest games. Another games is the 2 stade race and another was the 2-4 stade

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