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Title: The Ancient Olympics


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The Ancient Olympics
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Festivals and Rules
  • The ancient Olympics were held at Olympia every 4
    years to honor the Greek gods Zeus and Hera.
  • There was a truce made saying that every
    city-state pay for a few athletes to go to
    Olympia.
  • Only men could compete and they had to swear they
    had trained for 10 months.
  • There were fewer events and only men who spoke
    Greek competed.
  • A man who committed a crime or stolen from a
    temple was banned.

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Training
  • An athlete started training from early childhood.
  • The kids had 3 types of trainers, who were called
    the Paidotribes, Gymnastes, and the Aleiptes.
  • An athlete had to arrive in Elis one month before
    the games.
  • Once there, they continued training in the
    arenas. Runners, pentathletes, wrestlers, boxers,
    and boys trained in separate arenas.
  • If anyone cheated, they were fined by the judges.

4
Boxing and Chariot Racing
  • Boxing was a fight without rounds until one man
    was knocked out or admitted he was beaten
  • There were no rules against hitting an opponent
    while he was on the ground.
  • The athletes didnt fight with people the same
    weight they were chosen randomly.
  • Racing had both 2 and 4 horse racing.
  • The course was 12 laps around the stadium track,
    which was 9 miles.
  • The owner of the horse won the wreath of victory
    instead of the jockey.
  • Separate races were held with races with foals.

5
Pankration and Pentathlon
  • The Pankration was a combination of boxing and
    wrestling.
  • Punches were allowed and so was kicking an
    opponents belly.
  • Rules were no biting, cutting an opponents eyes,
    nose, or mouth with their fingernails.
  • There were separate divisions held for the men
    and the boys.
  • The Pentathlon was a 5 combination of the discus,
    javelin ,jumping ,running and wrestling.

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Discus and Jump
  • The Discus was made of stone, iron, bronze, or
    lead..
  • It was shaped like a flying saucer, and the sizes
    varied.
  • This event was held to prove a mans strength.
  • Jump weights doubled as weight lifting equipment
    was used during training.
  • Halters were held in front during the jump,
    pulled back, and then dropped to help the
    athletes body go further.

7
Running and Wrestling
  • There were 4 types of running races.
  • The Stadion was the oldest event where runners
    sprinted 192 meters.
  • Other races doubled as 384 meters.
  • Ranged from 1,344 to 4,608 meters.
  • Another race, from 384 to 768 meters, was run in
    armor. The armor weighed between 50 and 60
    pounds.
  • In wrestling an athlete needed to throw an
    athlete to the ground by landing on a hip,
    shoulder, or back for a fair fall.
  • Three throws were needed to win a match.
  • Biting was not allowed, but an attack or breaking
    an opponents finger was permitted.

8
Women
  • Women, if they were caught attending the games,
    were thrown off Mount Tyraeum.
  • Footraces held outside of the stadium were run by
    unmarried women wearing short tunics.
  • Young adults fathers sometimes took them to the
    games hoping they would get married to one of the
    winning athletes.

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Winning Athletes
  • When an athlete won, he received an olive wreath
    of victory.
  • When the athletes went home, their cities greeted
    them with celebrations.
  • An athletes victory meant a god favored him and
    was immortalized for accomplishments.
  • When they went home, they received rewards. Some
    were permitted to fight beside the king, have
    their names put in public places, and given free
    meals at Pyratoneion for life.
  • The family of the athlete had statues of the put
    in Olympia.

10
Fun Facts
  • The Olympics had begun in 776 B.C.
  • As Greece lost power, the Olympic Games fell
    apart.
  • Religious parts were forgotten and the idea of
    fair play did too.
  • The Olympic Games ended in 394 A.D.
  • The Olympic Games had been held for nearly 1,200
    years.

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