The Olympic Games were born in Olympia with a sacred character festival was dedicated to the god Zeus in a religious compound. They emerged a nascent national consciousness Panhellenic type is preserved through the centuries. These festivals religion joined the sports events, music and literary events to honor the gods of antiquity.
The first Olympic Games on record took place in 776 BC and since then has been happening every four years until 393 d. C., the date on which the Roman Emperor Theodosius decided to suppress its pagan character. The total is 293 Olympics, that is, many times when the Greeks agreed to renounce war to meet the goal of worshiping the gods of Olympus measuring their forces in a peaceful and regulated. In Greece there were the only events, but as important were those that became the starting point of the Hellenic calendar.
Always held the second or third full moon after the summer solstice. Months before the start of roaming the city heralds announcing the start date, selecting each city representatives. A month before the truce began, during which paralyzed all wars, bearing in mind that if you violate this peace could not be participating again.
Those who came to Olympia in those days were more spectators and actors in the spectacle of ancient Greece. one of the most important moments of the games ocurred at the beginning ozyhe festival whit the slaugther or sacrifice a hundred oxden in honor of zeus in front of his temple and the highlight was the end of the competitions whit the crowning of the victors at the end games with an olive wreath, this was the only award he received there, but then in their cities were all kinds of honors.
The first Olympic Games on record took place in 776 BC and since then has been happening every four years until 393 d. C., the date on which the Roman Emperor Theodosius decided to suppress its pagan character. The total is 293 Olympics, that is, many times when the Greeks agreed to renounce war to meet the goal of worshiping the gods of Olympus measuring their forces in a peaceful and regulated. In Greece there were the only events, but as important were those that became the starting point of the Hellenic calendar.
Always held the second or third full moon after the summer solstice. Months before the start of roaming the city heralds announcing the start date, selecting each city representatives. A month before the truce began, during which paralyzed all wars, bearing in mind that if you violate this peace could not be participating again.
Those who came to Olympia in those days were more spectators and actors in the spectacle of ancient Greece. one of the most important moments of the games ocurred at the beginning ozyhe festival whit the slaugther or sacrifice a hundred oxden in honor of zeus in front of his temple and the highlight was the end of the competitions whit the crowning of the victors at the end games with an olive wreath, this was the only award he received there, but then in their cities were all kinds of honors.
Participants were only free men who had not committed any crime. Women could not participate as athletes and even married women or as spectators because athletes competed naked.
For 11 centuries, Olympia became the focus of world sport and a benchmark for games of posterity.
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