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    The document discusses the history and origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, including how they began as religious festivals honoring Zeus around 3000 years ago and included running races. It describes the growth of the games over time to include more events and sports until they were eventually banned in 393AD but later inspired the founding of the modern Olympics in 1896.

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    The document discusses the history and origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, including how they began as religious festivals honoring Zeus around 3000 years ago and included running races. It describes the growth of the games over time to include more events and sports until they were eventually banned in 393AD but later inspired the founding of the modern Olympics in 1896.

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    The document discusses the history and origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, including how they began as religious festivals honoring Zeus around 3000 years ago and included running races. It describes the growth of the games over time to include more events and sports until they were eventually banned in 393AD but later inspired the founding of the modern Olympics in 1896.

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    The document discusses the origins and history of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece from around 3000 years ago. It describes how the Games began as a religious festival held every four years in Olympia in honor of Zeus and over time more events were added.

    The document mentions that the Olympic Games likely began as part of a religious festival held in Olympia to worship Zeus and Hera. It also discusses some theories about how the Games may have been started by Zeus's son Heracles or in memory of Prince Pelops.

    When the Games began there was only one event, a running race. Over 100 years more events were added including chariot racing, wrestling, long jump, javelin, discus and the pentathlon. Winners were crowned with olive leaves.

    The Story of the Olympic Games

    A Journey to Ancient Greece


    No one is sure how the Olympic
    Games really began, but the first
    recorded event took place in
    Olympia about 3000 years ago.
    Olympia was in the south west of Greece. It was a
    beautiful area, surrounded by olive groves.

    Many people
    came to visit
    Olympia to
    worship Zeus
    and his wife
    Hera; the king
    and queen of
    the Greek gods.
    Some people believe that the
    games were started by Zeus’s
    son, who was the Greek hero
    Herakles.

    You may know him better by the


    name the Roman’s gave him:
    Hercules.
    Some believe that the games were in memory of
    Prince Pelops of Lydia, who was famous for his
    chariot racing.
    It is most likely that the
    Olympic games began as
    part of a religious
    festival, which took
    place in Olympia, in
    honour of Zeus.
    At first there was only one
    event; a running race.

    The track was wide enough for 20 people to run


    comfortably side by side. It was also long (190m) and
    straight.
    Only men took part in the games: women who
    wanted to race had a separate festival called the
    Heraia.

    Married women were not even allowed to watch the


    games – only men and unmarried women!
    Traditionally, the Greek athletes were naked as they
    competed. If gave them a chance to show off their
    muscular bodies.
    From 776BC the games were held
    at Olympia every four years,
    usually in August. The four year
    time span was called an Olympiad.

    The games proved


    very popular.
    Spectators came
    from other
    countries nearby –
    including Italy,
    Syria and Egypt.
    In 456BC the Temple of
    Zeus was completed at
    Olympia. This brought even
    more people to the games
    as they all wanted to see
    the magnificent statue of
    Zeus that was inside!

    The statue was 13m tall!


    After 100 years of the Games
    the original running race had
    been added to, and there were 18
    events that took place.
    The first event was the chariot race and one of
    the most popular events was the pentathlon,
    which was made up of five different sporting
    activities.

    These were running, wrestling, the long jump,


    the javelin and the discus.
    In the modern
    Olympics, winners are
    presented with medals
    in gold, silver and
    bronze, but, in ancient
    Greece, winners were
    awarded a crown of
    olive leaves.
    The Olympic Games continued for
    many years but in 393AD, 1,166
    years after they first began, a
    Roman Emperor named Theodosius I
    banned them.

    Then he ordered
    his soldiers to
    destroy the Temple
    of Zeus.
    Olympia fell into ruin. There was
    an earthquake and a flood and the
    original ruins were buried and
    hidden underground

    It remained hidden for


    more than 1000 years and
    there wasn’t another
    Olympic Games until 1896.

    This time the Olympics were international and took


    place in the Greek city of Athens.
    The idea of a modern Olympic
    Games was started by a
    Frenchman called Baron Pierre
    de Coubertin.

    He designed the famous logo


    with five coloured rings.
    These represent the
    continents of the world
    joined in peace and harmony.
    De Coubertin also
    wrote the Olympic
    creed, which
    explained what he
    thought the Olympics
    were all about.
    Months before the Olympics
    begin a flame is lit in Olympia and
    is passed through a relay of
    torches.

    The torches are carried by


    foot, air, road, rail or water
    to the chosen stadium.
    During the opening
    ceremony the last torch
    lights a cauldron, which
    burns throughout the Games

    A flame was kept burning during


    the ancient Games as well!
    The Olympics are now the biggest
    sporting event in the world .

    There are many more events and sports to


    participate in and there is even a separate Winter
    Games every four years.

    Only time will tell if the modern Games can carry on


    for as long as the ancient ones!
    Clip Art ©Phillip Martin, 2006
    http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm ,

    Additional Clip Art ©Paddy Mounter,


    2008 and Bev Evans

    Presentation ©Bev Evans, 2008,


    www.communication4all.co.uk

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