GREEK OLYMPICS
THE GREEK INVENTED OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CONTESTS AND HELD THEM IN HONOR OF THEIR GODS.
THE FIRT OLYMPIC GAMES WERE HELD. THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE IN ACIENT GREECE IN THE CITY STATE OF ATHENS AND THEY WERE HELD DURING THE WAR, BUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE NEVER SUSPENDED.
THE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE NAMED FOR ATHLITIC CONTESTS HELD IN ANCIENT GREECE FOR ALMOST TWELVE CENTURIES.
THERE WAS A FLAME BURNING IN THE HONR OF ZEUS, LORD OF ALL THE GODS.THE OLYMPICS EXPANDED TO WRESTELING, BOXING, HORSE RACING, LONG JUMPING, JAVELIN, AND CHARIOT RACES. IN EARLY OLYMPIC GAMES WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WATCH THE GAMES, BUT WERE ALLOWEDTO PARTICIPATE IN THE GAMES.
MEN WERE ALLOWED TO WATCH AND PLAY IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES. THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE HELD TO UNITE ALOT OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN A PEACEFUL MANNER.THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE BANNED BUT WERE REVIVED AND MADE INTERNATIONAL.
THE WINTER GAMES WERE ADDED. WORLD WAR ONE AND WORLD WAR TWO FORCED CANCELLATION OF THE OLYMPICS. HE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS WERE DIFFERENT FROMTHE MODERN GAMES. THERE WERE FEW EVENTS AND ONLY FREE MEN WHO SPOKE GREEK COULD COMPETE, INSTEAD OF ATHLETES FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.