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 * March 9, 2011 **
 * by: Damyen and Chris **
 * THE ORIGINAL GREEK OLYMPIC GAMES **
 * The first Olympic games are ususally given the start year of 776 BC. But they probably began even soon. The ancient Greeks loved competitions of all sorts especially sporting competitions. The Olympics were not the only competion in Ancient Greece, but it was the most popular. There was five city-states **
 * in the Olympics. In Sparta they would have you taken away from your family at the age of 7 and began training. You were given very little food and were beaten to toughen you up to be a better soldier and athlete. They would play wrestiling ,discus, and running. **
 * The games began to a sacrafice to the God, Zeus. Many cities had gyms where boys and men could train and relax. The athletes had to train for 10 months under the eye of their trainers. Then 30 days before the actual Olympics they had to rest. The games began in Olympia only men could participate in the Olympic games. The city states would stop fighting to be able to go to the games.The games where first called the panhellenic games. The winners of the games would recieve an olive wreath. **