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Ancient Greek Sports: Ancient Olympic Sports, Long Jump, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, Pankration, Chariot Racing, Hoop Rolling, Kottabos Olympic Competitors by Year: Ancient Olympic Competitors, Competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics, Philip Ii of Macedon, Alcibiades Ancient Olympic Games by JudithSwadling, 2008 Ancient Olympics (The Olympics) The glory of Olympia: Art, heroes and myths of the ancient Olympic Games by Carmine Ampolo, 1985 Ancient Greek Athletes by Festival: Ancient Olympic Competitors, Ancient Pythian Athletes, Philip Ii of Macedon, Alcibiades, Milo of Croton Olympic Competitors for Greece: Ancient Olympic Competitors, Olympic Archers of Greece, Olympic Athletes of Greece Ancient Sports: Mesoamerican Ballgame, Ancient Olympic Games, Mesoamerican Ballcourt, Marn Grook, Mesoamerican Rubber Balls, Chunkey, Cuju Festivals in Ancient Greece: Ancient Olympic Games The games of 676 BC: a visit to the centenary of the ancient Olympic games.: An article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance by J. Richard Polidoro, Uriel Simri, 1996-05-01 How the Olympic Games began: a love of sport and competition inspired the ancient Greeks to create the greatest athletic contests ever.(World History): An article from: Junior Scholastic by Suzanne McCabe, 2004-05-10 Goofy Presents the Olympics: A Fun and Exciting History of the Olympics from the Ancient Games to Today by Walt Disney Productions, 1980-01 History of Olympic games,: Ancient and modern, by Hugh Harlan, 1932 Festivals of Zeus: Ancient Olympic Games, Wrestling, Olympia, Greece, Pentathlon, Lykaia, Olympiad, Epinikion

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81. The Ancient Olympics (1996)
    The ancient olympics, Volume 49 Number 4, July/August 1996. Exclusive Features ancient olympics Guide, Tara Threatened, A Big Inca Discovery?  
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    Extractions: Your browser does not support javascript The Ancient Olympics Volume 49 Number 4, July/August 1996 Note : The full text of each of these articles is now included in our exclusive online guide to the ancient Olympics Winning at Olympia by Donald G. Kyle New studies challenge traditional notions about Greek Athletes and why they competed. Many of those watching the Olympics in Atlanta this summer will assume that the modern games are a true reflection of the ancient ones, that the events and ceremonies and the ideology of universal brotherhood and amateurism recall the Olympics of Greece's golden age. A generation ago scholars simply accepted such idealistic notions about who these athletes were and why they competed. Now, we are demythologizing the ancient Olympics, testing and revising ancient literary accounts of how athletes trained, worshiped, competed, won, and celebrated, and how they were motivated, rewarded, and honored. By the sixth century athletes were specializing in particular events and hiring coaches. Training was intensive and there were experiments and fads concerning diet, exercise, and sex. Athletes from Kroton in southern Italy believed in the value of a meat diet and saw the consumption of beans as taboo. Milo of Kroton, the greatest Olympic wrestler, reputedly ate 40 pounds of meat and bread at one sitting, washing it down with eight quarts of wine. The basic equipment of an athlete consisted only of an unguent jar (aryballos) of oil and a scraping instrument (strigil) for anointing and cleaning himself, though for various events a competitor might need boxing thongs, jumping weights, discus, or javelin. He had no shoes, no jockstrap, no uniform, and no endorsements.

82. Ancient Athens In Directory.co.uk
    2. Cheap Fly Buys with KLM The olympics, ancient and new, on a KLM cheap flight to Athens. KLM the UK s local airline. ancient olympics. ancient olympics.  
    http://www.directory.co.uk/Ancient_Athens.htm

83. The Ancient Olympic Games
    The ancient Olympic Games. However, in the ancient olympics, there were ceremonies and little rituals all the way through the five day event.  
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    Extractions: The Olympics were a celebration of the almighty Zeus, the powerful King of the ancient Greek Gods. As in the modern games, these great contests brought athletes from many countries, including those from Africa and Spain. (Swaddling, 1984) There is only disputed evidence as to when the first Olympic Games were held. There are records that show the first games took place in 776 B.C.; however, there is evidence to the contrary. Greek festivals celebrating religion, music, and athletes are thought to have occurred perhaps centuries before that date. (Girardi, 1972) How the games started is also a matter of great speculation. There are two main tales or myths that describe the founding of the Olympics, both occurring in Olympia, Greece. The first tale is of Pelops, a suitor seeking Hippodamia's hand in marriage. King Oeomaus, Hippodamia's father, challenged anyone who wished to marry his daughter to drive Hippodamia away in a chariot faster than the King can catch them. Thirteen brave suitors tried this feat, and they all failed, resulting in death by King Oeomaus' spear. The tricky Pelops, however, managed to bribe King Oeomaus' servant to rig the king's chariot with a faulty axle. As Pelops and Hippodamia were driving away, the King's chariot axle gave way and he fell to his death. Pelops then had a wedding celebration, including athletic contests, with his fellow Olympians. Supposedly, those contests were the first Olympics. (Kieran, Daley, and Jordan, 1977)

84. LookSmart - Directory - Ancient Olympics
    YOU ARE HERE Home Sports olympics History ancient olympics. ancient olympics Check out historical guides to the olympics in ancient Greece.  
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85. Olympics / Ancient
    olympics / ancient. Categories related to ancient By Time Period/ancient, Useful Sites and Resources Recent olympics / ancient News Articles.  
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86. Ancient Olympics And Greek Sport, CLASS 220, U. Of Saskatchewan
    CLASS 220 The ancient olympics and Greek Sport compiled by John Porter, University of Saskatchewan. Douskou, I., ed. The Olympic Games in ancient Greece.  
    http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/CourseNotes/gkgames.html
    
    Extractions: Please do not assume that the material is mine unless the page to which you are directed is clearly marked as being part of this WWW site. (Those terms marked with an asterisk are of particular importance.) For links to specific images to be discussed in class, visit the *Images of the Greek Sport page. *Crown Games *Periodos *Panathenaic Games - Athena - Olive Oil - 4 years *Heros Hellanodikai Diogenes the Cynic (Dio Chrysostom 8.4ff.) Epictetus 1.6.23ff. (Discomforts of attending the games.)

87. Abcteach.com >> Theme Units >> Fun/Kids >> Olympics
    Greece ancient olympics (upper elem/middle), Greece ancient olympics (elementary), Greece ancient olympics Athletes (upper elem/middle),  
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    Extractions: The following documents are available for a b c teach members members.abcteach.com items log in learn more Item Description Greece: Overview (upper elementary/middle) The Olympics will be held in Athens in 2004. abcteach would like to help you and your students fully appreciate the event by presenting you with these fantastic reading comprehensions on Greek history and culture, as well as the Olympics themselves. We've even included math pages that you're sure to drool over! Enjoy! Greek Literature and Philosophy: Overview This introduction to Greek writers and philosophers is the beginning of a seven part series of reading comprehensions on several Greeks from long ago whose influence can still be seen in literature and philosophy today.

88. Ancient Olympics: Greek Mythological Origins, Tracy Marks
    The ancient olympics Their Origin in Greek Mythology and Religion copyright 2001, 2002 by Tracy Marks. What is the origin of the olympics?  
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    Extractions: The Olympic Games, originally created to honor Zeus, was the most important national festival of the ancient Greeks, and a focus of political rivalries between the nation-states. However, all competitions involved individual competitors rather than teams. Winning an Olympic contest was regarded more highly than winning a battle and was proof of an individual arete or personal excellence. The winners were presented with garlands, crowned with olive wreaths, and viewed as national heroes. Although records of the Olympics date back to 776 BC when the Olympics were reorganized and the official "First Olympiad" was held, Homer's Iliad suggests that they existed as early as the 12th century BC. The games were held every four years in honor of Zeus, in accordance with the four year time periods which the Greeks called olympiads. Emperor Theodosius I of Rome discontinued them in the 4th century AD, and they did not occur again until they were reinstated in Athens in 1896. Originally, the Olympics was confined to running, but by the 15th Olympiad, additional sports were added the pentathlon (five different events), boxing, wrestling, chariot racing, as well as a variety of foot races of varying lengths, including a long-distance race of about 2.5 miles.

89. Learning Family And The Ancient Olympics
    Learning Family learns about the ancient olympics. The Original olympics (ancient Greece) by Stewart Ross. What Rob Learned in Olympia. Guide Next .  
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    Extractions: T he Olympics are one of the oldest organized athletic competitions in history. Begun in 776 BCE, the Olympic games were for the first 52 years merely a one-day festival in honor of the gods, ending with a single foot race. The festivities grew over the years and became five-days of ceremony, competition and celebration. The Olympics were so important that all wars between Greek states were halted for a three month period, to allow safe travel for the athletes and spectators that travelled from the far reaches of the ancient Greek world, as far away as Italy and the coasts of Africa and France. Athletes trained for many months and were honored to represent their states and pay homage to their gods. The events of the ancient Olympic games changed over time, but they were at their height around 400 BCE, when Olympia had magnificent buildings, statiums and works of art. Learn More!

90. ANCIENT OLYMPICS - ATHENS GREECE, Travel To Athens City, Pireaus Greece
    ancient olympics. ancient olympics Material for this section is from Greek Ministry of Culture, http//www.culture.gr; ABOUT ancient olympics. BOXING.  
    http://www.greece-athens.com/topic.php?topic_id=3

91. SI.com - Ancient Games Marked By Violence And Spectacle - Thursday May 20, 2004
    Protected by the Olympic truce, which may not have stopped wars but did prevent them interrupting the Games, the ancient olympics lasted until AD 393.  
    http://www.cnnsi.com/2004/olympics/2004/05/20/bc.sport.olympics.ancient/
    
    Extractions: LONDON (Reuters) Spectacle, violence and myth mingled every fourth summer for more than 1,000 years in the ancient Olympic Games to celebrate the Greek passion for competitive sport. Controversies and dramas chronicled by the poets and dramatists abounded during that astonishing span of uninterrupted competition starting when Corobeus streaked naked across the line in Olympia in 776 B.C. The earliest Greek sporting account to survive appears in Homer's Iliad. Achilles organised a series of events including chariot races, a foot race, boxing and wrestling to accompany the burial rites of his comrade Patroclus, killed by Hector before the gates of Troy. Olympia, a shrine to Zeus in the fertile district of Elis southwest of Athens, was one of hundreds of sites devoted to religious festivals. The stadium was situated near the temple of Zeus, where the gold and ivory statue of the principal god of the Greek pantheon, sculpted by Pheidias, was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. According to legend, the greatest of the mythical heroes Hercules, the demigod son of Zeus, made a clearing in the grove and instituted the first Olympic Games to celebrate the success of one of his 12 labours, cleaning the stables of King Augeas of Elis.

92. Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange: Ancient Greek Olympics In The Classroom (all, Soci
    Contenttype text/html. 274. ancient Greek olympics in the Classroom. Social Studies, level all Posted by Lin Don (donnandlee@aol.com).  
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93. History And Geography Of The Olympic Games In Ancient Greece
    History and Geography of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece The marathon which is so popular today, was not included in the ancient olympics.  
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    Extractions: History and Geography of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece by Rick Price, PhD. co-owner and co-founder of ExperiencePlus! Specialty Tours, Inc. The Olympics came to us as one of the oldest institutions of Classical Greece. Although the first written record of the games dates to 776 B.C., their origins go back at least five hundred years earlier and are linked to religious events well before that. The games honored Zeus, supreme god of all the Greeks and ruler of the sky (Zeus's brothers Poseidon and Hades ruled the sea and the Underworld, respectively). The Olympic games were officially abolished by the Roman emperor in 394 AD after a run of 1170 years! As god of all kings and of all humans, Zeus ruled from lofty Mt. Olympus north of Athens. His primary role was to keep the peace among those same gods and "men" on earth. In his honor a universal truce applied during the Olympic Games every four years and even though the truce was broken on several occasions, the games were never interrupted as a result of war. The reasons for the location of the games in "Olympia," near the west coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula are lost in history. The site was never a major city or permanent settlement except during the games themselves when tens of thousands of spectators and participants camped on the grounds. Evidence suggests that the site of Olympia was once the location of a religious festival honoring Gaia, the Earth Mother. Indeed, the site must have had strong historic and religious roots as it is located on the western edge of Classical Greece far from the Greek heartland as this

94. Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
    Greece. The ancient olympics The ancient Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC, and had only one event. Every  
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    Extractions: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held. For information on Utah, click here . For a page on Utah's flag, click here The year 2002 Winter Olympic Games are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The opening ceremonies were on February 8, 2002. The closing ceremonies were on Sunday, February 24, 2002. The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting). The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) on a white ground. The rings represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius, altius, fortius" (meaning "Faster, higher, stronger" in Latin). History of the Olympics Flag The flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The Olympic flag is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city. The flag will remain in the town hall of the next host-city until the next Olympic Games, four years later.

95. Portland State's Greek Civ For Kids
    The ancient Greek olympics. According to tradition, the ancient olympics began in 776 BC. Many aspects of Greek lifestyle including  
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    Extractions: The Ancient Greek Olympics According to tradition, the ancient Olympics began in 776 BC . Many aspects of Greek lifestyle including their religion , sport, warfare , and their insatiable interest in competition or "Agon" lay the foundation for what became the Olympic Games. Before the Olympics began, Greeks participated in a number of athletic events but did not have the organization that was brought on by the games. The Greeks at this time inhabited not only the mainland of Greece and the nearby islands, but also lived in other countries further away including Italy, Sicily, Egypt , and Libya. At this time large gatherings of people were infrequent with the exception of religious festivals . It was at these festivals that people assembled peacefully and with a common interest : to celebrate their livelihood and please the gods The Olympics originated in Olympia and were held every four years. Olympia, which is located in southwestern Greece near the Ruphia River, was a meeting place for large numbers of people for religious festivals. Many of these people were athletes. Influences

96. The Ancient Olympics
    The Perseus Digital Library is Being Updated. Notice. The main Perseus web site (at Tufts) is unavailable from 500 to 700, US Eastern time, in order to rebuild its databases with new or changed metadata. We apologize for this inconvenience.  
    http://olympics.tufts.edu/
    
    Extractions: Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times.

97. Olympic Games Virtual Museum Has Moved!
    We are starting a new site collecting thoughts and concerns about the modern Olympic Games, and would value your input. Please follow this link to submit your thoughts! Guest access. GREeCOM.org. Register Log In. ancient Olympic Games  
    http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/olympic

98. ThinkQuest : Library : Ancient Greece
    Olympia. The olympics. Olympia had two parts The city and the olympics field above on a mountain. It was for women forbidden to see the olympics.  
    http://library.thinkquest.org/17709/cities/olympia.htm
    
    Extractions: Index This is an extensive, high-quality site that contains a complete copy of Homer's Iliad and his Odyssey, Plato's Apology, and samples of the Greek alphabet. The Greek language, people, famous cities, structures, sports, myths, gods, goddesses, and the wars they fought are also covered. There are additional links to other useful pages. If you have time to visit only one page on ancient Greece, this one is most excellent. Visit Site 1998 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Languages English Students Martijn Praedinius Gymnasium, Groningen, Netherlands Thijs Praedinius Gymnasium, Groningen, Netherlands Hylke Praedinius Gymnasium, Groningen, Netherlands Coaches Fokko Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site. Privacy Policy

99. The Olympics
    The olympics. Citius, Altius, Fortius Swifter, Higher, Stronger. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well. Olympic Creed.  
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    Extractions: Swifter, Higher, Stronger "In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams." And so the games begin. "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." Olympic Creed We have prepared two Olympic Treasure Hunts for you and some added some links if you want to find out more about the Olympic Games, their traditions and history. Olympic Coverage

100. The Olympic Games
     The origin of the Olympic Games is linked with many myths referred to in ancient sources, but in the historic years their founder is said to be Oxylos whose  
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