Olympics: Ancient and Modern
Title: Olympics: Ancient and Modern
Category: /Recreation & Sports
Details: Words: 2298 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Olympics: Ancient and Modern
Category: /Recreation & Sports
Details: Words: 2298 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Ancient and Modern Olympic Games
The Olympics first developed in ancient Greece nearly three thousand years ago. This ancient
idea of sporting events was once celebrated as great festivals that the Greeks held in honor of their
gods, most importantly to the father of all gods, Zeus.(Olympic History, 1) Every four years male
athletes from all over the Greek world gathered at the games to demonstrate their spirit and athletic
ability at the sacred
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as the Olympic festival? Aren't you
scorched there by ther fierce heat? Aren't you crushed in the crowd? Isn't it difficult to freshen
yourself up? Doesn't the rain soak you to the skin? Aren't you bothered by the noise, the din and
other nuisances? But it seems to me that you are well able to bear and indeed gladly endure all
these, when you think of gripping spectacles that you will see." (Festivals, 226)
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