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The Original Olympics by Stewart Ross, 1999-09-01 Asterix at the Olympic Games: The Book of the Film by Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, 2008-06-03 Games For The Gods: The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirit by John J., Jr. Herrmann, 2004-12-30 Olympica Hippica: Horses, Men and Women in the Ancient Olympics by Theodore G. Antikas, 2004 The Olympic Games, B. C. 776- A. D. 1896, Part 1: The Olympic Games In Ancient Times (1896) by S. P. Lambros, N. G. Polites, 2009-09-24 A Coloring Book of the Olympics and Other Ancient Games by E. Knill, 1984-06 Multi-Sport Events: Commonwealth Games, Multi-Sport Event, Extreme Sport, Paralympic Games, World Games, Ancient Olympic Games Iron Age Greece: Sherden, Theogony, Sea Peoples, Ancient Olympic Games, Lelantine War, Dorian Invasion, History of the Greek Alphabet Chariot Racing: Ancient Greece, Sport, Panhellenic Games, Roman Empire, Chariot, Racing, Ancient Olympic Games, List of Byzantine emperors, Roman Emperor, Western world, Nika riots Ancient Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Sports: Long Jump, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, Pankration, Chariot Racing, Ancient Greek Boxing, Greek Wrestling Ancient Olympics (The Olympics) by Jackie Gaff, 2004-04 Ancient Olympic Games: Wrestling, Olympia, Greece, Pentathlon, Olympiad, Epinikion, Ancient Olympics in Various Places, Chronicon Greed, Bribes & Scandals - The Ancient Olympics by Dr. David Gilman Romano, 1999-02-01

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61. Webquest
    Games of the ancient olympics. Social Studies Mrs. Meehan - Team 6A. Introduction / Task / Resources / Process / Evaluation / Conclusion. Introduction  
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    Extractions: Webquest Games of the Ancient Olympics Social Studies - Mrs. Meehan - Team 6A Introduction / Task / Resources / Process / Evaluation / Conclusion Introduction One of the most important contributions of the Ancient Greeks to civilization was the start of the original Olympic Games. These games ran from 776 B.C. to 195 A.D. and attracted participants and spectators from all over the Greek World. On the surface, the games were an athletic contest. Actually, however, it is important to point out that they were held in honor of the highest ranking god, Zeus. During the time of the games (approximately one month), participants were not allowed to take up arms against one another. The Task Gather information from the Web Sites listed in Resources below to complete the following questions. 1. Why were the games originally called the "Olympic" games? 2. Identify the five events that were part of the original pentathlon. 3. In Modern times, the pentathlon has been replaced by the decathlon. How many events are in this activity? 4. How did the Marathon race get its name?

62. The Ancient Greek Olympics Part 1: No Fighting Allowed
    The ancient Greek Olympic Games featured some similar and some different sports than today s Games. The ancient Games also featured an Olympic truce,  
    http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/ancientgreekolympics1.
    
    Extractions: Ancient Greece Part 1: No Fighting Allowed One of the more stunning true stories about ancient Greece was that during the Olympic Games, all fighting stopped. No matter how long or how fierce a battle had raged, every soldier in the battlefield put down his weapons and traveled to Olympia, there to compete in athletic games designed to honor Zeus and the other Greek gods. For seven days before and seven days after (and for the period of the Games, of course), no fighting was allowed. It was considered disrespectful to the gods. These soldiers also were allowed to travel safely from the battlefields to the Olympic Games without fear of being attacked by anyone. Why did this happen? Several reasons can be found:

63. Gigablast Search Results
    HickokSports.com History The ancient olympics This document is a history of the ancient olympics. It is a page in the History section of HickokSports.com,  
    http://dir.gigablast.com/Sports/Events/Olympics/Ancient/

64. The Ancient Olympics
    The Olympic idea was born in ancient Greece nearly 3000 years ago. The ancient olympics lasted for more than a thousand years, but they started to lose  
    http://library.thinkquest.org/20622/the.htm
    
    Extractions: The Ancient Olympics. The Olympic idea was born in ancient Greece nearly 3,000 years ago. Sporting contests took place during the great festivals that the Greeks held in honour of their gods. The most important of these contests was the Olympic Games, dedicated to Zeus, the Father of the Gods. Every four years, free men from all over the Greek world gathered at the Games to demonstrate their sporting spirit in the sacred their sporting spirit in the sacred surroundings of Olympia, situated in the state of Elis. The first recorded Olympic Games took place in 776 BC. There was just one event, a race over a distance called a stade. A stade was about 180 metres, nearly the length of the stadium at Olympia. The race was won by a young cook, Coroebus, from Elis. Over the centuries, new events were introduced, such as wrestling, the long jump, the discus throw and chariot racing. the period of competition expanded to five days, and the festivals lasted a month. During this time, a truce was declared throughout the Greek world and all wars had to stop. No one was allowed to carry weapons into Olympia. No women were allowed to compete in or even watch the Olympic Games, on pain of death. They had their own festival, in honour of the goddess Hera. it was held every five years, and the chief event was a race for young girls over about 30 metres.

65. Greek Olympics
    What did the ancient athletes eat? National Geographic. ancient olympics Mixed Naked Sports, Pagan Partying National Geographic  
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    Extractions: Ancient Times The Greeks invented Olympic athletic contests and held them in honor of their gods. But sports and competitions are part of the history and culture of many ancient civilization - including those of Meso- America. In Egypt there had been many findings and glyphs depicting sports events have been found. In ancient Egypt, acrobats, who displayed physical agility and strength, were mainly viewed as performers. Most Egyptian acrobats were women, and they performed alone or in groups. Young Egyptian boys also participated in acrobatics, and played games with hoops. There are 200 wrestling groups depicted on one wall of the tomb at Beni-Hassan. The wrestlers wear a loin-cloth similar to the cod-piece or loin-cloth of Minoan athletes. Although the scenes portray the various positions and "holds" involved in wrestling, the sport was practiced as part of Egyptian military training, and there is no evidence of organized competition. Ancient Egyptians also participated in various running activities. One of the kingdom's most important festivals was the "jubilee celebration," a festival first celebrated on the 30th anniversary of the reign of Amenophis III, and celebrated continuously in three-year intervals. In the "ritual run", an integral part of the celebration, the current king would run between two sets of three semicircles, the semicircles being cosmic references to the order of the universe. Unlike later Greek footraces, however, the Egyptian king ran alone, without a competitor. Physical evidence of the "ritual run" exists at the pyramid complex of King Djoser, where one can find the ruins of the world's first sports facility, complete with the running track for the "ritual run."

66. Olympic Games - Olympics
    The ancient Olympic Games. Resources on the ancient olympics. The ancient Greek olympics were held every four years at Olympia, a district of Elis,  
    http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/olympics/
    
    Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Homework Help Ancient / Classical History Ancient Greece Olympics Homework Help Ancient History Essentials Ancient World Maps ... Help w(' ');zau(256,140,140,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/C.htm','');w(xb+xb+' ');zau(256,140,140,'von','http://z.about.com/0/ip/496/7.htm','');w(xb+xb); Sign Up Now for the Ancient / Classical History newsletter! See Online Courses Search Ancient / Classical History Olympic Games. The origins of the panhellenic games (including the Olympics) were intimately connected with death and funerals in Ancient Greece. Alphabetical Recent Olympic Games - The Olympics as sublimated warfare The origins of the Olympic games are in death. The games themselves provide a fairly safe, stylized encounter between two opponents in which death is an unlikely outcome. Ancient History of the Olympics - The Ancient Olympic Games 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. Statue of Zeus at Olympia Glossary entry on the statue of Zeus at Olympia.

67. Ancient History Of The Olympics - The Ancient Olympic Games
    ancient history of the olympics. Read about the legendary origins of the ancient Olympic games, how the olympics were created by Heracles to honor Zeus,  
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68. Ancient Olympic Cyberhunt
    The ancient Olympic Games began as part of a religious festival in honor of . http//www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicorigins.shtml  
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69. EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
    Learn about the city of Olympia and the ancient Olympic Games that were held there As you present new material on the ancient olympics, ask students to  
    http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=230

70. Olympic Games - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
    The origin of the ancient Olympic Games has been lost, although there are many The interest in reviving the olympics grew when the ruins of ancient  
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics
    
    Extractions: (Redirected from Olympics The Olympic Games , or Olympics , is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. Originally held in ancient Greece , they were revived by a French nobleman, Pierre Fr¨dy, Baron de Coubertin in the late 19th century . The Games of the Olympiad , better known as the Summer Olympics , have been held every fourth year since , with the exception of the years during the World Wars A special edition for winter sports , the Olympic Winter Games , was established in . Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but starting with the Winter Games are in between, two years after the Games of the Olympiad. edit For months before the Olympic Games , runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. Athletes trained in this Olympia facility in its heyday. In detail: Ancient Olympic Games The origin of the ancient Olympic Games has been lost, although there are many legends surrounding its origins. One of these legends associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of

71. Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
    The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. torch 2004 For each olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in  
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/
    
    Extractions: Athens, Greece, will host the 2004 Summer Olympics. For information on Greece, click here . For a page on Greece's flag, click here The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are being held in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremonies are on August 13, 2004. The closing ceremonies are on Sunday, August 29, 2004. The Ancient Olympics The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed in the nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.

72. Olympic Games: The Olympics Of Ancient Greece
    Don t ask me about the olympics, I won t be there; If ancient Greece had had A fractured history of the ancient olympics. (the olympics of ancient  
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73. Olympics Timeline
    olympics Timeline. From ancient Greece to the present day ancient Greece ancient Greece Athletic contests are held at Olympia every four years,  
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74. The Classics Pages - Olympic Games
    The ancient olympics always began with the lighting of the sacred flame The sprint was the most important race in the ancient olympics.  
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    Extractions: pages The Classics Pages Home What's New The Oracleof Loxias About Loxias ... Top 22 sites Entertainment Games and Quizzes Fun with Latin Words Rude Latin ... Why Classics? Philosophy Plato's Republic Art Architecture Greek Pottery Sculpture Greek Mythology Guide to myths Harry Potter Greek Harry Potter Greek Literature Iliad Odyssey Sappho Aeschylus ... Drama Reviews Latin Literature Catullus Sulpicia Virgil Horace ... The Golden Ass Social History Women Symposium Technology Seapower - Trireme ... Oracles Archaeology Greece Sicily Education Teachers' Pages Last updated June 24 2005 How much do you think you know? Agree? Disagree? The ancient Olympics always began with the lighting of the sacred flame No woman ever competed in the ancient Olympics. All competitors in the ancient Olympics were naked. The sprint was the most important race in the ancient Olympics. The ancient Olympics were held every four years between 776BC and 393AD (1,170 years) The pankration was the most violent event in the games The ancient games continued to be held even in wartime There were no team sports in the ancient games The Javelin and Discus were never events in the ancient Olympics.

75. The Ancient Olympics (1996)
    New studies challenge traditional notions about Greek Athletes and why they competed. abstracts only, full text free  
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    Extractions: Your browser does not support javascript The Ancient Olympics Volume 49 Number 4, July/August 1996 Note : The full text of each of these articles is now included in our exclusive online guide to the ancient Olympics Winning at Olympia by Donald G. Kyle New studies challenge traditional notions about Greek Athletes and why they competed. Many 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. By the sixth century athletes were specializing in particular events and hiring coaches. Training was intensive and there were experiments and fads concerning diet, exercise, and sex. Athletes from Kroton in southern Italy believed in the value of a meat diet and saw the consumption of beans as taboo. Milo of Kroton, the greatest Olympic wrestler, reputedly ate 40 pounds of meat and bread at one sitting, washing it down with eight quarts of wine. The basic equipment of an athlete consisted only of an unguent jar (aryballos) of oil and a scraping instrument (strigil) for anointing and cleaning himself, though for various events a competitor might need boxing thongs, jumping weights, discus, or javelin. He had no shoes, no jockstrap, no uniform, and no endorsements.

76. Olympic Games History Facts Trivia
    The ancient Olympic Games The olympics were a celebration of the almighty The ancient olympics Here you can read about Olympic Games history,  
    http://www.archaeolink.com/ancient_olympics_olympic_games_h.htm
    
    Extractions: Ancient Olympic Games Home Ancient Greek Civilization Greek Art Ancient Olympic Events The ancient Olympic Games were only open to free men who spoke Greek. The games were only held at Olympia rather than moving from place to place as the modern games do. Learn about the ancient events and more. - illustrated - From Tufts college/Perseus Project - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/sports.html The Ancient Olympic Games "The Olympics were a celebration of the almighty Zeus, the powerful King of the ancient Greek Gods. As in the modern games, these great contests brought athletes from many countries, including those from Africa and Spain. (Swaddling, 1984) There is only disputed evidence as to when the first Olympic Games were held. There are records that show the first games took place in 776 B.C.; however, there is evidence to the contrary. Greek festivals celebrating religion, music, and athletes are thought to have occurred perhaps centuries before that date. (Girardi, 1972)" - illustrated - From Rich East High School - http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Olympics/olympics.html

77. Powerhouse Museum Ancient Greek Olympics
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78. Science And Society
    The ancient olympics shared little of the diversity that we see today. Nice, accessible introduction to the ancient olympics.  
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    Extractions: Others Poverty Who Rules? Counter-Terror Nuclear Power We Don't Know Weird Worlds One-Night Stand Animal Rights Olympic Drugs The Olympics Islamic Science GMO Horse Breeding Killing Cannibal Drugs in Sport SARS - Killer Bug Nanotechnology Fire Retardants Firefighters Best Bets Horse Racing Epsom Derby Cloning Ethics I Cloning Ethics II Immortality Cloning Race Killer Flu Is Sci-fi Dead? Global Warming Forensic Marks Forensic Traces Forensic Fiction Crime Team Royal Institution Pugwash Internet Security Hacking About this site Dr Martin Brookes July 2004 The modern Olympic Games may have strayed far from the original ideal; it may have become brash, vulgar and ruthlessly commercial. But even the most cynical observer can't deny that there's something a little special about this year's Olympics in Greece. For the real romantics among us, this is all about a return to the seat of Western civilisation, where the original, ancient Games was born. Olympic commentators, no doubt, are also looking forward to an occasion rich in symbolism and historical resonance. And for those glued to their television screens, there'll be no escape from the wise old words of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle. For two weeks in late summer, Homer will be hip again. But amid all the hullabaloo, it will be easy to forget that the story of the ancient Olympic Games is just that, a story. While there are some compelling clues, all efforts to reconstruct what life was really like in the birthplace of the Games, ancient Olympia, are seriously hampered by the fragmentary nature of the evidence on offer. To put things into perspective, imagine an American trying to piece together the culture of cricket with nothing more to go on than a Geoff Boycott biography, a chest of used jockstraps, and the weathered foundation of the Lords Pavilion, and you get some idea of the scale of the task confronting today's Greek archaeologists.

79. Olympics Through Time
    Revival of the ancient olympics The rebirth of the Olympic Games during the 19th century started long before 1896, when the modern Greek state was  
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    Extractions: Welcome to We invite you to take a journey through time and learn about the history of the Olympic Games from the time when athletic contests were held during religious ceremonies until the First International Olympic Games in 1896. It has been one hundred years since the revival of the Olympic Games in March of 1896. Undoubtedly the games that took place a century ago in Athens were a milestone in the history of modern athletic competition. However the Olympic Games and the athletic ideals were conceived many centuries ago in ancient Greece. Here is a brief description of what you will soon see after Thursday 11/04/96 when these pages will be available to everyone on the Internet: Prehistory of the Olympic Games But before the Olympic games became a recurring Panhellenic festival, athletic competitions had different meanings for various cultures of the Mediterranean. Archaeological evidence proves that ancient Egyptians held athletic competitions and in the Minoan and in the Mycenean cultures athletic competitions were an important component of religious and funerary ceremonies. The Olympic festival during Antiquity Modern research focuses on understanding the origins of this great religious celebration held at Olympia, that became a symbol of political and cultural unity for all Greeks in Antiquity. The sanctuary of Olympia imposed its authority throughout the Greek world and the Olympic Games became the symbol of Panhellenic unity. In the Hellenistic and the Roman periods the athletic spirit changed and the Olympic festival became an international institution.

80. Ancient Olympics And Greek Sport, CLASS 220, U. Of Saskatchewan
    CLASS 220 The ancient olympics and Greek Sport compiled by John Porter, Romano, DG The ancient olympics Athletes, Games and Heroes (video).  
    http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/CourseNotes/gkgames.html
    
    Extractions: Please do not assume that the material is mine unless the page to which you are directed is clearly marked as being part of this WWW site. (Those terms marked with an asterisk are of particular importance.) For links to specific images to be discussed in class, visit the *Images of the Greek Sport page. *Crown Games *Periodos *Panathenaic Games - Athena - Olive Oil - 4 years *Heros Hellanodikai Diogenes the Cynic (Dio Chrysostom 8.4ff.) Epictetus 1.6.23ff. (Discomforts of attending the games.)

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