In the end, the Olympics were started as a religious ceremony for Zeus in 776 b.c.e. The only people who could compete in these games were men who were from Greece and spoke Greek. Some of the unusual sports were pankration, stadian, and chariot racing. One of the prizes for winning was an olive branch. Then a naughty Theodosius, emperor of Greece at the time, banned the Olympics due to offensiveness of the Christian religion. They didn't appear again until 1896 modern day. This marked the beginning of the modern day Olympics. These modern games brought many new sports, such as gymnastics, basketball, swimming, and track and field. These are just a few of the 400 sports in the modern games. Now the Olympics are watched by at least half of the world. Some differences from the ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics are the clothing, the sports, and who was allowed to compete and watch. There are not a lot of similarities but one is the name and the fact that men are still competing. This blog has taught me so much about a topic that is very important to me and others in my community. I hope you have enjoyed this blog and see you guys around! For more info, click here! Bye Bye!
The ancient Olympics stopped suddenly when Emperor Theodosius banned pagan festivals in Greece. He believed that the Olympics were offensive to the Christian religion, which he practiced. He believed that this was offensive because the Olympics honored Zeus instead of the god of Christianity.
After Theodosius stopped the Olympics in 393 b.c.e, they didn't come back around for about another 2,000 years. 1896 declared the beginning of the modern day Olympics. These new Olympic Games brought new competition with other countries, and several new events came. If you want to know some of these new modern sports, click here! I hope you guys enjoyed this post and this might be the last for a while guys....... I'm on spring break. One of the strange sports in the ancient Greece Olympics was called the chariot race. In this race there were several different races. They had two horse races and four horse races. Also they had races for the younger horses, the foals. The chariot race is a race that includes a cart with an athlete which is being pulled by two or four races. In these chariot races the horses raced 12 laps around the stadium, where people watched and cheered them on. The next strange sport in the ancient Greece Olympics is called Pankration. This was a sport that was a mixture of wrestling and boxing. In Pankration fighters were allowed to punch each other wherever they wanted to. However, they were not allowed to gouge out each other's eyeballs, nose, or mouth. They had different tournaments for men and young boys. Want to find out more about these two strange sports? Click here for more info!
As you all know, the Olympics have been around for almost 3000 years. The Olympics were originally held in Olympia, Greece in 776 B.C.. The Olympics are held in honor of the god of all gods, Zeus. The only people who could compete in the Olympics were men who lived in Greece and spoke Greek. At first there was only one event in the Olympics, the Stadion. This was a sprinting event held over 600 feet. The first to ever win the Stadion at the very first Olympics was a man by the name of Coroebus Of Elis. Instead of winning a gold medal, he won an olive branch, which was more than a symbol than a prize. This is all the news I have on the Olympics this time, but more will be coming soon! I hope you all enjoyed! Thanks! I got all of this info at this website here!
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