Title: Ancient Olympics – Ancient Olympic Games, History of Ancient Olympic, Games, Greek Olympics
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Ancient Olympics

Content: Ancient Olympics – Ancient Olympic Games, History of Ancient Olympic, Games, Greek Olympics
The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held between various city states of ancient Greece in honor of the Olympian gods. Olympics » Ancient Olympics
Ancient Olympics

The first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 B.C and were celebrated until 393 A.D, according to historical records. The Games continued for twelve centuries and were dedicated to Olympian gods. Olympia became the site of these historic ancient games that sowed the seeds for the most coveted sporting international event of modern times, the Modern Olympics. The site of the Ancient Olympics is located in the western part of Peloponnese. According to Greek mythology, Peloponnese is the island of Pelops, the founder of the Olympic Games. Olympia, Greece is the sanctuary site for the ancient Greek gods. The central part of Olympia was dominated by the majestic temple of Zeus. The ancient games enjoyed a secular tradition and aimed at securing good relations between the cities of Greece and showing physical qualities and evolution of the performances accomplished by the youth. The Olympic Games were held in four years intervals at the ancient stadium in Olympia that could accommodate more than 40,000 spectators.