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= The Original Olympic Games = = By:Megan and Emie =

===The Olympic games started in 776BCE in Ancient Greece.The games are held every four years, and are still going on today. They were held in the city of Olympia because it was a religious center in Greece. No one knows exactly why the games started, but there were lots of myths about it. Some myths say that it was because Hercules brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia.Others say it was to honor the god Zeus. The sacred truce was when a messenger went out a month before the games, and told everyone to have peace for the games! By: Emie Choquette=== ===The games stared with a sacrifice to the god Zeus. Any born boy or man was allowed to participate in the games. Women were not allowed to participate and if they did their penalty is death. The games were separated into men and boy divisions.If a person was caught cheating they weren't allowed to compete again and were fined. Some examples of what games were played are running, boxing, wresting, long jump, discus, javelin and horse races. If you won the Olympic games you would be crowned with a wreath of olives, shout your name, family,and your city, and would have a statue made just for you that would be put in Olympia. By: Megan Dzimira===

Bibliography:
===://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecesports1.html === http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/olympicgames.html [|__http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/sports.htm__] [|__http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/faq1.html__]

**The Stadium where the Olympic Games were played!**
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==**The Wreath of Olives that the winner was crowned with! **==  []