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Ancient Greek Olympics by Joe Halper and Alex Machaj People say the Olympics were started when Hercules brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia. The ancient Greek Olympics were first played in 776B.C.They were held in Greece. wrestling was for adults and kids. Women were forbidden from competing in the Olympics.At Olympia Zeus was honored. Zeus was given a sacrifice to make the gods happy. If there was no sacrifice the gods would be mad. At Isthmia Posiedon was honored. Posiedon was Zeus's brother. At Delphi Apollo was honored. The sacred truce lasted one month. It meant people can go to the Olympics safely. The Olympics were more important than war because it was a sacred truth.

[|] The events were pretty cool. The discus was made of stone or metal and weighed 5-8 pounds. It was thrown with a back and forth motion. The javelin was thrown with two fingers in a leather strap. The running games were fun too. The shortest one was only 200 yards. Boxing was a brutal one. There were no rounds, but there was a rule where you can only lose if you got knocked out. The four-horse chariot race was where wealthy people built chariots and raced ove obstacles. If you won the Olympics you would be honored by the gods. The Olympics were stopped by Theodosius I. After this the Olympics were stopped for 1503 years. They continued in 1896.

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