Ancient Greece

the Olympics

THE GREEKS WERE GREAT ATHLETES AND THERE WERE OVER 200 DIFFERENT SPORTS IN GREESE AND MOST OF THE LANDS AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. MOST FAMOUS OF THESE WAS THE OLYMPICS GAMES, NAMED AFTER MOUNT OLYMPUS, THE HOME OF THE GREESE GODS. THEY FIRST TOOK PLACE IN 776 BC. AT FIRST, RUNNING WAS THE ONLY SPORT, BUT LATER OTHERS SPORTS AND OTHERS LIKE MUSIC, POETRY AND DRAMA COMPETITIONS WERE ADDED. THE GAMES WERE HELD EVERY 4 YEARS UNTIL AD 393, WHEN THEY WERE ABOLISHED BY THE EMPEROR OF ROME.