Annie+and+Michelle

**The Original Olympic Games** BY: Annie Thorpe & Michelle Szaflarski

The first Olympic games were held in 776 BE ,during the Greek period.held They were held to honor one of there gods, Zeus.The winners were honored by getting an Olive Branch and were major honor throughout Greece.They got large amounts of money and would get a statue made of them.The games were played in Olympia.The city states that are included in the Olympic Games are ,Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Argos,Megara.The games played were running, Hoplite , Pugme(boxing) , Pale(wrestling) , Pankration , Pentathlon , Long jump , discus , Javelin , Horse racing , Four horse chariot races.Running is played by running in straight lines to the other end of the stadium. The finish line was marked by posts in the ground.Hoplite is played just like a foot race and they wear armors that weighed around 50 pounds.Pugme were kids and adults two people started in a standing position and wrestled until one gave up. There was no biting allowed, but you were able to break your opponent's fingers. Pankration  was a combo of boxing and wrestling. The round was over when one wrestler scored three points. Pentathlon  was the long jump. Long Jump , you try to jump the longest lenghth. The Discus , people used a discus made of metal or stone. It weighed from 5-8 pounds. They took one step to throw. Javelin is t hrowing the javelin two fingers went through a strip wrapped around the javelin's shaft, that helped the contestant rotate the javelin as it was being dropped.Horse Racing ,The horse racing was in a large arena called the Hippodrome, the riders often raced 1200 meters.Four-horse Chariot Races can be only healthy people, could attend to compete in this event which you needed maintaining the chariot. The racers competed in alot of courses going by a number of obstacles. The Olympic games were no different than ordinary games, They did athletic sports, games, and even speakers. They were held for representatives in different city-states. Held in the honor of Zeus. They games began in 776B.C. and ended in 393A.D. The athletes went safely from different countries. Truce was something where people could travel from their countries to other countries/city-states safely. Persisted was responsible for the games. Poets and other artisens would come to the games to display their art work to everyone. Power in ancient Greece became around the 8th century.

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