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(Ancient Greek: Ὀλύμπια Olympia, “the Olympics”)
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(the Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of ‘Ancient Greece’)
They were held in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin.
The first Olympics is traditionally dated to 776 BC.
(they continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule, until the emperor ‘Theodosius I’ suppressed them in 393 AD as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as the State religion of Rome)
(the games were held every 4 years, or olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies)
During the celebration of the games, an Olympic Truce was enacted so that athletes could travel from their countries to the games in safety.
The prizes for the victors were olive leaf wreaths or crowns.
The games became a political tool used by city-states to assert dominance over their rivals.
Politicians would announce political alliances at the games, and in times of war, priests would offer sacrifices to the gods for victory.
The games were also used to help spread Hellenistic culture throughout the Mediterranean.
The Olympics also featured religious celebrations and artistic competitions.
The statue of Zeus at Olympia was counted as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Sculptors and poets would congregate each olympiad to display their works of art to would-be patrons.
The ancient Olympics had fewer events than the modern games, and only freeborn Greek men were allowed to participate, although a woman, Bilistiche, is also mentioned as a winning chariot owner.
(as long as they met the entrance criteria, athletes from any Greek city-state and kingdom were allowed to participate, although the Hellanodikai, the officials in charge, allowed “king alexander I” to participate in the games only after he had proven his Greek ancestry)
(the games were always held at ‘Olympia’ rather than moving between different locations as is the practice with the modern ‘Olympic Games’)
(victors at the olympics were honored, and their feats chronicled for future generations)
(and then the romans introduced the coliseum!)
(‘TRACK AND FIELD’)
First Olympics (776 BC)
(Olympia, Greece)
stadium-length foot race or “stade”, run on a track
Celebrated until 393 AD
Modern Olympics resurrected in 19th century Greece
Learn from a culture from their athletic events
(america ushered in the age of ‘athletic specialization’)
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bruce jenner
triathlete
married to missus kardashian
(jenner sons:)
(the oldest jenner is a “musician”)
(with a doting mother)
(just like mine)
(they live in a malibu mansion)
(brody jenner is a watered-down version of me)
(he is dating kristen from “the hills”)
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥