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The Ancient Olympics
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Extractions: by CTCWeb Editors Because of the upcoming Olympic games, CTCWeb editors thought you might want to learn more about the ancient Olympic games. Below you will find links to historical information that we collected about the history, origins, and events of the ancient Olympics. Introduction The Prologue The Origin of the Olympics The Site ... About AbleMedia
The Ancient Olympics
The ancient olympics by CTCWeb Editors. And just as at the Olympicgames the wreaths of victory are not bestowed upon the handsomest
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Extractions: And just as at the Olympic games the wreaths of victory are not bestowed upon the handsomest and strongest persons present, but on men who enter for the competitions . . . so it is those who act rightly who carry off the prizes and good things of life - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Introduction The first Olympic runners leapt from the blocks at Olympia in 776 BCE. The winner of the stadion Following the initial games in 776 BCE, the ancient Olympics were contested every four years until the Romans introduced the gladiatorial games. The Romans replaced the Olympic games with gladiatorial contests when athleticism went out of vogue among the Roman elite. No longer could a simple cook compete in the games because, in Roman times, competitors were professional athletes. (To learn more about the Roman gladiator, see " The Gladiator .") In 393 CE, the Emperor Theodosius I abolished the ancient games. More than 1,500 years passed before the modern era of Olympic competition was inaugurated in Athens in 1896.
The Ancient Olympics
THE ancient olympics. Held in late summer, the ancient olympics included variousfootraces and even a race in armor, but there was no ancient marathon.
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Extractions: about Greek Athletes and why they competed. B Y D ONALD G. K YLE any of those watching the Olympics in Atlanta this summer will assume that the modern games are a true reflection of the ancient ones, that the events and ceremonies and the ideology of universal brotherhood and amateurism recall the Olympics of Greece's golden age. A generation ago scholars simply accepted such idealistic notions about who these athletes were and why they competed. Now, we are demythologizing the ancient Olympics, testing and revising ancient literary accounts of how athletes trained, worshiped, competed, won, and celebrated, and how they were motivated, rewarded, and honored. Held in late summer, the ancient Olympics included various footraces and even a race in armor, but there was no ancient marathon. In chariot races the owners of the horses, not the hired drivers, were declared the victors. Alcibiades, the Athenian politician and general, entered seven chariots in the games of 416 B.C.
Powerhouse Museum Ancient Greek Olympics
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Powerhouse Museum Ancient Greek Olympics
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Olympics
olympics. Evolution of the ancient olympics An articleby NS Gill, ancient/Classical History Guide.
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Extractions: HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS The Ancient Greek Olympics were held every four years at Olympia, a district of Elis, where all free Greek men were entitled to compete. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. and the last in A.D. 393, when they were abolished by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I.
A Day At The Ancient Olympics (Lesson Plan)
A Day at the ancient olympics. Overview Students explore an onlineresource and learn how athletes from different ancient Greek city
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Extractions: Begin the lesson by having students share what they know about the Olympic Games. Where did they begin? When did they begin? What was their original purpose? Tell students that they are going to write a screenplay for a television drama about the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Have students form pairs or small groups and distribute the A Day at the Olympics worksheet. Tell students to find profiles of the Olympic participants from each city-state and to use the worksheet to take notes on them. These notes will help students develop characters for their screenplay later on.
Olympics Features - Ancient Olympic Art
Running Games brings ancient Olympic Art to Australia. While most works focus onthe ideal male figure, in ancient Sparta women too were allowed to compete.
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Extractions: Games brings Ancient Olympic Art to Australia Adapted from a 7.30 Report story by Annie White which aired on July 18. The commercialisation of sport makes it hard to escape the daily barrage of images celebrating the world's finest athletes, particularly in an Olympic year. But while the commercialisation may be a relatively new element, the glorification of sportsmen and women is hardly recent - it goes all the way back to Ancient Greece. Now, as part of the prelude to the Games, Australians will have the opportunity to see a priceless exhibition of Greek antiquities reflecting 1,000 years of Olympic heroes. All these
ThinkQuest Library Of Entries
The ancient olympics. Boxing Equestrian events - Pankration - Pentathlon- Running - Wrestling The ancient olympics were rather
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Extractions: The web site you have requested, Ancient Greece , is one of over 4000 student created entries in our Library. Before using our Library, please be sure that you have read and agreed to our To learn more about ThinkQuest. You can browse other ThinkQuest Library Entries To proceed to Ancient Greece click here Back to the Previous Page The Site you have Requested ... click here to view this site Click image for the Site Languages : Site Desciption This is an extensive, high-quality site that contains a complete copy of Homer's Iliad and his Odyssey, Plato's Apology, and samples of the Greek alphabet. The Greek language, people, famous cities, structures, sports, myths, gods, goddesses, and the wars they fought are also covered. There are additional links to other useful pages. If you have time to visit only one page on ancient Greece, this one is most excellent.
OLYMPIA: Ancient Site Of The Olympics
Site of the ancient Olympic Games, Olympia Greece. Because difficult. Tourthe ancient site of the Olympic Games with our Olympia Photos.
http://www.magicaljourneys.com/Olympia/olympia-discover-ancient.html

Extractions: Olympia Museum Because of the destruction of the site by Theodosius and several earthquakes, there is not much left in the way of buildings besides foundations, steps and columns but these are impressive and are in a beautiful setting near the Kladeos river. The area is called The Altis which means the area sacred to Zeus and the reason there is anything left is because the flooding of the river buried it until 1875 when archaeologists rediscovered it. The stadium which could seat at least 20,000 people and was the largest of its kind. The Temple of Hera is where the Olympic flame is lit from the sun and then taken by runners to light the torch wherever the games are being held, a tradition which dates all the way back to 1936AD. Even today you will notice runners using the area for fun and for practice. The Museum is across the road and contains the 4th Century BC statue of Hermes by Praxiteles, familiar to anyone who has taken art history, plus a number of other finds from the excavations including the Nike of Victory by Paeonios. According to Olympic legend she used to come down from the sky to hand a palm leaf to the winners.
Ancient Olympia: The Original Field Of Dreams
Now, celebrate the glory of the olympics, ancient and new, in this galleryof images of the original field of dreams View Photo Gallery .
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0214_020214_olympia.html

Extractions: Every four years for more than a millennium, rival and often warring city-states put aside their differences and invoked a sacred truce. They sent their fastest, their strongest, their most skillful men and boys to compete for personal bragging rights and homeland pride. The names of the greatest Olympic athletes were known throughout Greece, their likenesses re-created in sculpture and on pottery for the ages. Then the games disappeared for more than 1,500 years. Now, celebrate the glory of the Olympics, ancient and new, in this gallery of images of the original field of dreams: View Photo Gallery >> Palaestra columns found in Olympia, the site of the first Olympics in 776 B.C. The columns surrounded a courtyard where boxers, jumpers and wrestlers trained.
Olympic Games: The Olympics Of Ancient Greece
The olympics of ancient Greece. Sections in this article Introduction;The olympics of ancient Greece; The Modern olympics; Bibliography.
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Extractions: Encyclopedia Olympic games Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. , the contests in Homer's Iliad B.C. ; thereafter they became more and more professionalized until, in the Roman period, they provoked much censure. They were eventually discontinued by Emperor Theodosius I of Rome at the end of the 4th cent. A.D. Among the Greeks, the games were nationalistic in spirit; states were said to have been prouder of Olympic victories than of battles won. Women, foreigners, slaves, and dishonored persons were forbidden to compete. Contestants were required to train faithfully for 10 months before the games, had to remain 30 days under the eyes of officials in Elis, who had charge of the games, and had to take an oath that they had fulfilled the training requirements before participating. At first, the Olympic games were confined to running, but over time new events were added: the long run (720 B.C.
WebQuest
x 5, The Games. Names some of the events of the ancient olympics andnames fewer than three differences between ancient and modern games.
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/olympics.htm

Extractions: Introduction Have you ever heard people say, "Those were the good old days?" In this WebQuest you will have an opportunity to look at the really old days. You will create a manual for a modern Olympic athlete to use as he/she travels in time to 400 B.C. to participate in the ancient games. Of course we all know that the games are not the same now as they were in ancient times. You will need to develop this handbook so the athlete will know how to act and how to compete in the games. By the time you are finished, you should know something about the "good old days." The Task Your task will be to develop the handbook. You will need to generate a hard copy so the athlete will be able to take it along when he/she goes back in time to ancient Greece. You should follow these steps in completing the process: gather information for the handbook: research daily life in the ancient Greek cities of Athens and Sparta; research ancient Olympic games, focusing on:
Aincient Olympics
The ancient olympics. The ancient Greeks believed the first games were in 776BC The first winner was Korebos, a man that was young and was from Ellis.
http://class6f.com/Olympics/stories/storyReader$6
Ancient Olympics: Greek Mythological Origins, Tracy Marks
The ancient olympics Their Origin in Greek Mythology and Religion copyright2001, 2002 by Tracy Marks What is the origin of the olympics?
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Extractions: The Olympic Games, originally created to honor Zeus, was the most important national festival of the ancient Greeks, and a focus of political rivalries between the nation-states. However, all competitions involved individual competitors rather than teams. Winning an Olympic contest was regarded more highly than winning a battle and was proof of an individual arete or personal excellence. The winners were presented with garlands, crowned with olive wreaths, and viewed as national heroes. Although records of the Olympics date back to 776 BC when the Olympics were reorganized and the official "First Olympiad" was held, Homer's Iliad suggests that they existed as early as the 12th century BC. The games were held every four years in honor of Zeus, in accordance with the four year time periods which the Greeks called olympiads. Emperor Theodosius I of Rome discontinued them in the 4th century AD, and they did not occur again until they were reinstated in Athens in 1896. Originally, the Olympics was confined to running, but by the 15th Olympiad, additional sports were added the pentathlon (five different events), boxing, wrestling, chariot racing, as well as a variety of foot races of varying lengths, including a long-distance race of about 2.5 miles.
CyberSpace Search!
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Olympics
Interactive About this link. ©2000 Abiator's Active Classroom. You have found5AB's ancient olympics History resource. ancient olympics History LINKS.
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Extractions: ©2000 Abiator's Active Classroom You have found 5AB's Ancient Olympics History resource. Basically, this page is here to provide links to historical sites related to the ancient Olympic Games of classical Greece. Ancient Olympics History LINKS Brief summary of the history of the Olympic Games A guided tour of the actual site of Olympia in Greece where the
Olympics-Ancient Scavenger Hunt
. 3. The first modern olympics were held in what year in Athens, Greece?. . 4. In ancient Greece,the word athelete means what? . .
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The Ancient Olympics
Similar pages All About the olympics Olympic Museum, 1896 Athens, Greece, Games of the ancient olympics. Education Sitefor the olympics, ancient Olympic CyberHunt, Winter olympics Through the Years.
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Extractions: The ancient Olympics were very different from today's games. There were fewer events, and those which were contested were very different from the events held today. Only free men who spoke Greek were allowed to compete and the games were always held in the Greek city of Olympia. Today, athletes from any country compete in the games and they are held at different sites around the world. Just like today's athletes, winning athletes of the ancient games were heroes in their home towns and were often allowed special privileges and opportunities not available to normal citizens. The events of the Ancient Olympics were: Boxing Equestrian (chariot and horse racing) Pancratium (a combination of boxing and wrestling) Pentathalon (a series of five events: sprinting, long jump, javelin hurling, discus throwing, and wrestling) Running Wrestling Links You can find out more about the ancient Olympics on these excellent Olympic Internet pages: http://devlab.cs.dartmouth.edu/olympic/
Ancient Greek Olympics
The idea of the modern olympics came from the archeological discoveries at Olympiaduring the 19th century, but the olympics in ancient times was more local.
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Extractions: Advertisement: If you click above and follow the links to a purchase then this site receives a commission for its support. Pausanias, 5.7.1, states: "As for the Olympic games, the most learned antiquaries of Elis say that Cronus was the first king of heaven, and that in his honor a temple was built in Olympia by the men of that age, who were named the Golden Race. When Zeus was born, Rhea entrusted the guardianship of her son to the Dactyls of Ida, who are the same as those called Curetes. They came from Cretan IdaHeracles, Paeonaeus, Epimedes, Iasius and Idas. [7] Heracles, being the eldest, matched his brothers, as a game, in a running-race, and crowned the winner with a branch of wild olive, of which they had such a copious supply that they slept on heaps of its leaves while still green. It is said to have been introduced into Greece by Heracles from the land of the Hyperboreans, men living beyond the home of the North Wind. [8]" The Olympics were held in Olympia in the northwest Peloponessus in southern Greece from 776 BCE until they were prohibited by the Romans in 394 AD. They consisted of a chariot race, a boxing match, wrestling, a footrace, a sword duel, and archery. The archeological investigation of Olympia stimulated the modern Olympic games which began in Athens in 1896. All the buildings in ancient Olympia were for religious worship or for athletic games.

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