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The Olympic Games by Breanna Jovanov and Amanda Villarreal  The Olympic games first started in Olympia sometime around 775 BC. The Olympic game were open to all of the city states.If you won, you were rewarded a crown. The crown was made out of olive leaves if the games were held in Olympia, if the games were held in Nemea you would have won parsley crown.If they were in Isthmia then they would have won pine crown, and if the played the Olympic games in Delphi the winner would win a laurel crown.After they get crowned the winner would shout of there name, there family member names,and the city that they live in. The location of the games would change ever four years.The Olympic games had boxing,weightlifting and the pentathalon and all of thoes three games are still played today. Pentathalon was made up with five different events discus throwing, javelin throwing. wrestling, running, and long jumping.If any of the players cheat they were never allowed to compete ever again because cheating was considered disrespecting to the gods. The games might have been open to all city states, however they were only open to the free men in those city-states. No women were allowed to play in the games. The Greeks started the games because they wanted something for their culture. These games also became one of the most popular competitions held. The games were first held in Olympia. Each athlete that was preparing for the games was under a sacred truce. This truce said that the athletes must travel to the games unharmed. This allowed them to also pause wars to attend the games. The truce only lasted one month. Bibliography []  [|www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html]  []  []  []    []    []