Olympics

= Ancient Greek Olympics =

By, Chs1Connor
==Ancient Greek Olympics were held in honor of the gods. Ancient Olympic games were thought to have began around 700 B.C. The Olympics were held in Olympia in honor of the god Zeus. ==



==The games were taken very seriously cheaters were forced to pay for a statue of Zeus. At the site were the Olympics were held there were a bunch of small statues of Zeus all over the place. That was how many people cheated. The first day of the festival was devoted to sacrifice. On the middle day of the festival they slaughtered 100 oxen. The exact order of events is unknown. They do know that on the second day of the games was the most important event of all the footrace. ==

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