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__//**Olympic Games In Ancient Greece **//__ By: Paige T. and Mya H.  The Olympic Games began in early 700 B.C. and were held to honor Greek God Zeus. The Olympics took place in a village in Olympia. The Olympics were basically a big religious festival that Greeks celebrated. The event depended on where the competition would occur. You were only allowed to compete if you were a Greek National. Women couldn’t watch or participate in the games. Each event took a day or less, but the festival games went on for five days. The people of ancient Greece loved sports and the Olympics came every four years. They thought it was important to root the Olympic games into mythology. In the beginning of the ceremony, the Greeks said a sacred truce which allows visitors to travel safely to Olympia. It was also said during the games. The Olympic games were very important in ancient Greece and there was a lot of history we learned behind the games. __//**Ancient Greece sports **// __  in the ancient Greece Olympic games they played sports such as boxing, chariot racing, discus, javelin, jump,running,wrestling. They loved sports and had a variety of them. Boxing took place in The Parthenon. Chariot races occurred in The Hippodrome. the javelin was about the size of a average man height the javelin also has a pointed end and it was much more lighter then the warrior spear wrestling started about 708 B.C they were to distinct according to the holds and methods the ancient Greek is linked to war fair in ancient jumping the Olympians uses stone to lead weights un like the modern sports were jumpers gain distance the Greeks love to watch sports and play sports that was there favorite thing to do when they didn't have anything better to do. Bibliography: __[|http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/sports.htm]__ __[]__ __[]__

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