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Ancient 图 ♥ 家浚 games goes back into classical
The history of the Olympic
Olympics
Greek history. The original series
of Olympic games took place every
four years in Olympia, Greece, for
about one thousand years, from
776 BCE to 393 CE.

The original Olympics was a religious festival.
People from different Greek city-states honoured
the gods by competing in events below.

equestrian events running events discus pankration
long jump

wrestling

boxing
javelin

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There were no gold, silver and bronze
medals. The winners were honoured and got
to wear a crown made of olive leaves. Athletes
competed for the glory of their city and winners Let’s find out more
were seen as being touched by the gods about ancient
Olympic games.

Glossary

1 honoured 崇敬 2 equestrian 骑术比赛 3 discus 掷铁饼比赛 4 pankration 搏击运动
5 javelin 投掷标枪 6 crown 花冠