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The Winner's Wreath: Ancient Greek Olympics (Sparks) by Martin Oliver, 2000-04-01 ANCIENT GREECE AND THE OLYMPICS (MAGIC TREE HOUSE RESEARCH GUIDE) The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece: Ancient Olympia and the Olympic Games by M. Andronicos, K. Palaeologos, et all 2003-01 The Olympics: Ancient Greek Olympics by Chris Oxlade, 2004-02-05 The Olympic Century : Ancient Olympiads, Olympia 776 B.C. to 393 A.D (Olympic Century) by United States Olympic Committee, 1998-12-31 History of Ancient Olympic Games by Lynn; Poole, Gray Poole, 1963 The Olympic Games Handbook: An Authentic History of Both the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games, Complete Results and Records by David Chester, 1976-01 TEST OF (Valour) VALOR - A Story of the Ancient Olympic Games by James Wesley Ingles, 1965-01-01 Highlights of the Olympics from Ancient Times to the Present by John Durant, 1977-09 1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece by Terence Measham, Elisabeth Spathari, et all 2000-10 Ancient Olympics (Olympics Library) by Richard Tames, 1996-01-08 Ancient Greek Athletic Festivals: Panhellenic Games, Pythian Games, Isthmian Games, Ancient Olympic Games, Nemean Games, Epinikion Ancient Olympic Games (Olympics) by Haydn Middleton, 2007-09-30 The Olympics: Ancient Olympics by Haydn Middleton, 1999-10-01

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21. Olympics Ancient Warriors - Newsweek - Newsweek Periscope - Msnbc.com
    Aug. 2 issue — In Olympic sports today, star athletes seem to stick around forever. Swimmer Jenny Thompson, 31, is headed to her fourth Games in Athens; hurdler Gail Devers, 37  
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22. Canadian Content > Events
    Canadian Content explores Ancient. Includes free listings and information about Ancient from the CanConDir.  
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23. King County Library System - Homework Help, King County Library System
    Olympics (Ancient) see also Olympics (Modern) Ancient Olympics Events This site contains information on the events of the ancient Olympics plus links to  
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24. Watch Video 2008 Beijing Olympics Ancient Civilization China YouTube At Blinkx
    2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, China ancient civilization olympics pictures slide show. 中国文明 北京奥林匹克运动会 Music of by  
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25. OLYMPIC GAMES
    Athletic events in Prehistory. Hippias of Elis, a fifth century BC sophist, was the first to compile the initial victor list of the Olympic Games.  
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    Extractions: NEAR EAST MINOAN CRETE MYCENEANS HOMERIC AGE ... OLYMPIA Athletic events in Prehistory Hippias of Elis, a fifth century BC sophist, was the first to compile the initial victor list of the Olympic Games. According to him, the first athletic contest, the foot race, was held at Olympia, in Western Peloponnese, for the first time in 776 BC, in honor of the Olympian Zeus. Later ancient sources inform us that the Olympic festival gradually gained considerable importance and was ranked among the largest and most famous Panhellenic festivals by the time of early fifth century. Nevertheless, the Olympic Games were not the first athletic events to be organized in the Mediterranean area. Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians had a long tradition in athletic activities as shown by the reliefs depicting athletic scenes carved on the tombs of their kings and their nobles. They did not organize regular festivals however and when they did, these were most likely reserved to kings and higher classes. The Minoans were particularly interested in the gymnastics. Bull-leaping and tumbling were their favorite sports as indicated by the frescoes decorating their palaces. Other Minoan sports included track contests, wrestling and boxing.

26. Olympics: Ancient And Modern Essays
    The Ancient and Modern Olympic Games The Olympics first developed in ancient Greece nearly three thousand years ago. This ancient idea of sporting events was once celebrated as  
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    Extractions: The Ancient and Modern Olympic Games The Olympics first developed in ancient Greece nearly three thousand years ago. This ancient idea of sporting events was once celebrated as great festivals that the Greeks held in honor of their gods, most importantly to the father of all gods, Zeus.(Olympic History, 1) Every four years male athletes from all over the Greek world gathered at the games to demonstrate their spirit and athletic ability at the sacred surroundings of Olympia, located in the state of Elis, Greece.(Ancient Olympics, 1) The first recorded of the Olympic Games took place in 776 B.C. which had only one event, a race with a 180 meter distance, about the length of the stadium at Olympia.(Olympic Tradition, 3) The games proved to have great importance religiously, culturally, and athletically throughout Greece.(Ancient Greece, 3) Since then, the Olympic Games have undergone many changes and have grown into an international sporting event . The Olympic Games started as sacred festivals held in honor of the Greek gods. These games were established in Olympia and were said to form a "sacred truce" through the conduct of athletic competitions.(Olympic History, 2) This "sacred truce" says th

27. Olympics: Ancient And Modern Essay
    An essay or paper on Olympics Ancient and Modern . The Ancient and Modern Olympic Games The Olympics first developed in ancient Greece nearly three thousand years ago. This  
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28. Ancient Sports
    Ancient Olympic Events. Philadelphia MS2444 Side A trainer watching wrestlers Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and  
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29. Ancient Olympic Games - 101 On The Ancient Olympic Games
    after he won the hand of his bride, Hippodamia, by competing in a rigged chariot race against her father, King Oinomaos of Pisa. What Is the Origin of the Ancient Olympics? Ancient  
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    Extractions: zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Ancient / Classical History Search By N.S. Gill , About.com Guide Discus Thrower at the British Museum - Photo by Alun Salt at Flickr Alun Salt zSB(3,3) Like so much of ancient history, the origins of the Olympic Games are shrouded in myth and legend (see: Games, Rituals, and Warfare ). The Greeks dated events from the first Olympiad in in 776 B.C. two decades before the legendary founding of Rome. In A.D. 391 the Emperor Theodosius ended the games. The Ancient Greeks held the Olympics every 4 years. This 4-year period was known as an "Olympiad" and was used as a reference point for dating events throughout Greece. The Greek poleis (city-states) had their own calendars, so the Olympiad provided a measure of uniformity. Olympia, a district of Elis, in Southern Greece [see Bb on the map], gave its name to the Olympic games.

30. Olympics, Ancient - Early Games - Awesome Stories
    The ancient Olympics began in about the eighth century, B.C. How important were those games to the Greeks? What honors were bestowed on the winning athletes?  
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31. Olympics (Ancient Greek) - Conservapedia
    The Olympics were an ancient Greek sporting event first held from 776 BC A.D. 393. It possible the Games had been in existence for many years, but the first written records  
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    Extractions: Jump to: navigation search The Olympics were an ancient Greek sporting event first held from 776 BC - A.D. 393. It possible the Games had been in existence for many years, but the first written records are dated to 776 BC. At these games, the only event - the stade (a run of approximately 192 meters, or 210 yards) - was won by a cook from Eros, called Coroebus. This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history. According to a legend, Hercules built a temple to his father, Zeus . Hercules wanted people to come and worship his father, so he made a series of games to bring the people to Zeus’s temple. This was so unifying that people started to count time by it. Retrieved from " http://www.conservapedia.com/Olympics_(Ancient_Greek) Category Ancient Greece Views Personal tools Search Popular Links Help World History Edit Console What links here Related changes Special pages Printable version ... Permanent link This page was last modified on 16 February 2009, at 03:35.

32. Olympics: Ancient Warriors.(Brief Article) - Newsweek | HighBeam Research - FREE
    Olympics Ancient Warriors.(Brief Article) find Newsweek articles. div id= bedoc-text Byline Mark StarrIn Olympic sports today, star athletes seem to stick around for  
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33. Ancient Olympics � Ancient Olympic Games, History Of Ancient Olympic, Games, Gre
    The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held between various city states of ancient Greece in honor of the Olympian gods.  
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34. Olympics! Ancient Olympics!
    Winter Olympics 2002! Ancient Olympics! Breaking news The Skeleton event, absent due to good sense for a number of years, will once again be a medal event.  
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    Extractions: Winter Olympics 2002! Ancient Olympics! Breaking news: The Skeleton event, absent due to good sense for a number of years, will once again be a medal event. Seems they've again found some suicidal competitors who are willing to go down-ice head first on a tiny, bare bobsled frame (which is the "skeleton"). As you undoubtedly already know, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from February 8 though 28. With the right TV connections, those of us in Rome might be able to watch American, Italian, British, or French coverage of the various winter events. If you don't have the right TV connections, don't despair. The Internet can supply your yearning for up-to-the-minute information on who's beating whom in the ice and snow sports. Some of the Internet coverage will be in the form of live ("streaming") audio and video, which you can get if you have a higher-end computer and a fast connection. For those who only tuned in to get links to Internet coverage of the games, here are some of the best: Official web site of the Salt Lake Olympics: http://www.saltlake2002.com/x/f/frame.htm?u=/news/slocmain_front.asp

35. Olympics, Ancient - Honors For The Athletes - Awesome Stories
    So highly regarded were winning athletes, in the ancient Olympic games, that their names were used in the Greek calendar. People referenced events by the year that a particular  
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    Extractions: About Us Why Subscribe? Channels Story Index ... Olympics, Ancient - Honors for the Athletes So highly regarded were winning athletes, in the ancient Olympic games, that their names were used in the Greek calendar. People referenced events by the year that a particular champion prevailed in his sport.

36. The Classics Pages - Olympic Games
    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  
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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 productions The Romans The Romans Latin Literature Catullus Sulpicia Virgil Horace ... The Golden Ass Social History Women Symposium Technology Seapower - Trireme ... Oracles Archaeology Greece Sicily Education Teachers' Pages classicspage.com since 1994 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.

37. Lukol.com - Sports Events Olympics Ancient
    Sports Events Olympics Ancient The Ancient Olympics Includes a comparison of ancient and modern Olympics, essays about the history of the Olympics, and stories of ancient  
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38. AncientGreekOlympics.net – The Birth Of The Olympics - Ancient Greek Olympics,
    AncientGreekOlympics.net – The Birth of the Olympics The Olympics began in Ancient Greece as religious ceremonies. The first records of the Olympics date back to 776 B.C  
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    Extractions: The Olympics began in Ancient Greece as religious ceremonies.  The first records of the Olympics date back to 776 B.C., when the games lasted only one day.  They were held every four years until they ended in 394 A.D.  According to legend, Hercules was the person who initiated the Ancient Greek Olympics about 1200 B.C.  Archaeological evidence corroborates the date, but not the person. The Site of the Ancient Greece Olympics Olympia was the site of the Olympics of Ancient Greece, because it was a natural amphitheater situated among the wooded slopes and plains of the region between the Alpheus and Claudius Rivers.  It was also conveniently located, so it was possible to reach this site by ship, allowing participants to come here from faraway locations.  The Olympics was a time of peace for Ancient Greece, as there was a truce declared a month before to allow all participants to travel safely to Olympia.  Any city that broke this truce could be fined by having all their athletes banned from the competition. Olympia was the site of a religious festival held in Ancient Greece.  It was here that the Olympics first started as part of a religious ceremony in which the ancient Greeks paid homage to Zeus and fallen heroes.  Prayer and sacrificial offerings preceded the events of the games.

39. Bible Articles And Lessons: O - Olympics -- Ancient, Modern, And "Christian"
    Olympics ancient, modern, and Christian Olympia, in western Greece, was an ancient religious shrine and the scene of the original Olympic Games.  
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    Extractions: The sacred precinct, called "the grove of Zeus" (who was the greatest of all Greek "gods"), was a great sanctuary over 200 yards on a side, encircled by a stone wall. In it were the temples of Zeus and the goddess Hera, altars and offering sites, treasuries, and administration buildings. Outside the sanctuary were athletic installations, accommodations for visitors and competitors, and public baths.

40. Olympics-Ancient Scavenger Hunt
    1. Who were the ancient Olympic Games used to honor?.. 2. The games were held every 4 years for how long?.. 3. The first modern Olympics were held in what year in Athens, Greece?  
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