The most famous game in greece was the olympics.Greece is the birth place to the olympics.The first olympic games started in 1986,in Athens.The olympic games where a religious event in greece.The games were held to honor the gods.The greek love sports and atheletic competitions was apperently very ancient.The The exact way that atheletic radiations subsequently developed is unknown.Sacrifices took place on the first day when priest attended.Like any other Greek activity the games where held under the protonage of the gods,and after sacrifices where made to them.Fundamentally the games kept men fit and prepared for war.Also they satisfied the greek ideal that a healthy body was neccesary for a well-balanced mind.To test and show of their physical skills they developed many different kind of games.At first the olympic games consisted of only a few events,but more and more were added over time.

The olympics games contest were open to men and boys only.In fact for a long time women were not aloud to attend or be in the olympic games even as a spector.Probably because theri husbands or brother wuold get injured or the would lose and the women would feel sad.So the women decided to start their on games.Also women used to play bones,a game similar to jacks,which involved throwing small animal bones in the air and catching them.

Chariot racing was the only game women could play and win sonethig like yhe olympics but only women with horses could join the game.
The first day the athletes and tens and thousands of spectators worship and sacrificed at the altors outside of the temple of olympian zeus.There was two main features of the ancient olympics.The first one is the shape of the track.We are used to one that has two lines that are joined toghether by a curved line with a large opening in the middle.In the middle we do other field envents.The second feature is the fact that the athelets competed naked.We are used to competing with some clothes on.Probably that's another reason women were not alowed to be in the olympics even as spectactors.

In the olympic games there was lots of different games.One of the games isDumping.Dumping is game that you jump into a bit holding halters in their hands.It was accompanied by flute music.One of the oldest games in the olympics is boxing.Another game the boys used to play is hockey but that game is not from the olympics.Those are just some of the games they used to play.

The olypics games also have macots like we do.In the first game there was 43 events and 241 Athelets,0 women and 21 men.Also there was people from 14 nations that attended.Some of the nations that attended were from Greece,Germany and France.The people of Athen greeted the olypics with enthusiasm.

The official Athens mascots for 2004 are Phevos and Athena.Phevos and Athena are brother and sister.Their creation was inspired by an ancient greek doll and their name are linked to ancient greece,yet the two sibling are children from modern life.The names of the olympian gods:Phevos,the god of music and light,known as Apolo:and Athena,goddess of wisdom and patro of the city of Athens.Phevos and Athena represent the link between greek history and the modern olympic games.