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Sam Valone and Marcus Ambroziak **Original Greek Olympic Games**

Did you know that the original Olympic games were held in honour of Zeus? There was a great big statue of Zeus by the arean. The Greeks believed that the god Zeus him self started the Oympic games. To celebrate his father Cronus. Also the Olympic games were a part of the Panhellenic games. Now about the rules and Judges. The games were stopped by Theodosius l or his grandson Theodosius ll. The Olympics remained until an earthquake destroyed it in the 6th century AD. The Olympic games were held every four years If you cheated during the game your were fined by the Judges, Most judges were Elis people were fair.

The original Olympic games were held in the year of 776 BC until 393 BC in Olympia, Greece. The truce was that provinces would cease fighting for one month. This allowed the players to travel to Olympus.

It was a series of athletics held by different city states. The winner received olives wreaths or crowns. Some of the games included, wrestling, weightlifting, swimming, cycling, fencing, gymnastics and they played shot put on their horses. No women were allowed to play in the Olympic games. Only Greek nationals could play. In the middle of the day, 100 oxen were killed and sacrificed to the Gods. On the second day, of the games, they had a foot race in an oblong race track. In wresting, the idea was to throw the other guy to the ground three times, on his hip, back or shoulder.

The Olympics continue to this very day. The United States compete with other nations every four years.

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