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=﻿The Olympic Games= ===Ὀλυμπιακοὶ Ἀγῶνες (//Olympic Games// in Modern Greek) === ==By Reilly Richa and Mira Antonopoulos ==

General Facts: The Olympic games were very important in Greece. The games were held to honor the god Zeus. Only men and kids that lived in Greece and could speak Greek could participate. The Games were held every four years. The Olympics started in 776 B.C. They were always held in Olympia. If you were the winner you were honored in many ways. First, you got to wear a wreath on your head. You could yell where you lived and usually your house would be placed on the map. The sacred truce was a written document on bronze that said that all war must stop a week before,during,and after the Olympics.

Events: The games at the Olympics were important. The events were: running, hoplite, pugme (boxing), pale (wrestling), and pankration (combo - boxing & wrestling). There was also long jump, discus, javelin, horse racing, four horse chariot races and pentathlon, which included the five events of long jump, discus, javelin throwing, running, and wrestling in a single event. The **running** event included three foot races: stadion, diaulos, and dolichos. The shortest race was about 200 yards. **Hoplite** was a footrace where the runners wore armor that weighed 50 pounds. In **pugme**, the competitors kept fighting until someone was knocked out or until someone admitted defeat. In **pale**, you were allowed to break your opponents fingers, but not to poke their eyes or bite them. The two wrestled until someone gave up. In **long jump**, you were disqualified if you didn’t land completely on your feet. In **discus**, the disc weighed 5 to 8 pounds and was made of metal or stone. For **javelin**, there was a leather handle on the shaft to help the contestants rotate it better. In **horse racing**, the riders raced 1200 meters. **Four horse chariot racing** had many courses and obstacles to pass.

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