Question: what was sparta's status in the olympic games
Answer: Many of the victors were from Sparta.
Answer: Yes there were. Olympia, the site of the men's olympics, provided
Question: ancient olympic event
Answer: Foot racing, Chariot racing, Boxing, Wrestling.
Question: what is the greeks favorate food?
Answer: We would call it barbecued goat. They were also fond of fish.
Question: "Where did the Olympic Games come from?
Answer: The Ancient Greeks enjoyed athletic contests and performed them at religious festivals.
Question: "Why were they held at olympia?"
Answer: Olympia was a religious site where an athletic event was held from early times.
Question: "Were there other contests like the Olympics?"
Answer: Yes. Athletic contests were popular at other religious festivals as well. There were the Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Games.
Question: "Who could compete in the Olympics?"
Answer: Any Greek man, but not a boy.
Question: did women participate in the olympics if not what was there role in sports at this ancient time.
Answer: Yes they did. See above for more information.
Question: Where can I find general information on the ancient olympics?
Answer: On this page read the material, then click on the links.
Question: What was the youngest age someone could compete in the Olympics when it was in Greece?
Answer: A boy of 12 is recorded as winning an event.
Question: What kind of role did women play in the Olympics such as what events did they participate in, what did they wear, what was the whole purpose of women in the Olympics ect.?
Answer: Women had a restricted role in the Olympics. They did participate in some of the chariot racing. They had their own athletic festival.
Question: Where can I find a picture of the woman Olympics and the goddess Hera?
Answer: For Hera click on the Menu directory below then click on Hera. As for pictures, the best I can do is to refer you to the book by Mark Golden. Click on the Menu Directory below and then click on Bibliography.
Question: A woman wears a tunic, what is that and where can I find a picture of one???
Answer: Tunic
Also: Click here
Question: what is "The Legend Of the Pelops"?
Answer: Pelops was the son of Tantalus and the founder of dynasty with a porpoise as totem. The Peloponesus is named for him. He was one of the first to hold games in honor of Zeus. A number of myths are associated with him, but the most relevant seems to be the one that involved a chariot race to win his wife. See: Pausanias, 5.8.1 and Index.
Question: Why weren't woman allowed to watch men do sport's?
Answer: According to Pausanias 6.20.8-9 women were not always excluded.
Question: who was the first record holder for the hoplite races
Answer: 521 B.C. Race In Amour, city of victor: Pellene, victor: Phanas 520 B.C. Race In Amour, city of victor: Heraia, victor: Damaretos (or Demaretos)
Question: What happened if someone had a false start?
Answer: They were struck by the officials and disqualified.
Question: what were considered the age divisions between boys and men? What were the age divisions for the women?
Answer: Since there were no birth certificates, ages were difficult to determine. It has been suggested that physical characteristics could have been used. This includes size, absence of milk teeth, presence of second molars, pubic hair, and facial hair. Girls also had age classifications of a similar sort.
Question: where, how and why were the ancient olympic games developed.
Answer: Athletics were performed partly as an exercise for war, but partly as a religious festival. Olympia was the location of a religious festival for Zeus.
Question: who got to sit down
Answer: The judges at Olympia had elevated seats they could use.
Question: who is zeus
Answer: Zeus is the main god of the Greek pantheon. He is the son of Cronos and Rhea and the father of numerous deities and humans. His realm was the heavens and atmosphere.
Question: What were the events, rules and prizes
Answer: The events were described at: Helenic Ministry of Culture
Rules are included in the descriptions of events at: Click here
Prizes included cash, bronze tripods, shields, woolen cloaks, olive oil, or almost anything else of material value. A number of vases survive which were given as prizes.
Question: why werent woman allowed to compete in the Ancient Olympics
Answer: Mainly it was a religious festival for men only. But the women had their own festival where they ran in races. Later they participated in chariot races with the men.
Question: any thing for a projecet
Answer: Make a wreath or a prize jug. Organize a neighborhood olympics.
Question: where is a good site for Ancient Olympics
Answer: There are a number of links at the beginning of the page.
Question: were woman allowed to compete in the ancient olympic games
Answer: Not generally. Women had their own festival where they competed in foot races. During the classical period they did race in the chariot races.
Question: give me the names of the olympic cities?
Answer: Olympia was the site of the olympic festival. Atheletic contests were held in almost every city in ancient Greece.
Question: How did the olympic games begin
Answer: They began as an athletic contest as part of a religious festival.
Question: Where did the olympic games begin?
Answer: At Olympia in ancient Greece.
Question: What kind of rewars were given at the ancient games?
Answer: Anything of value.
Question: events in the olympics
Answer: The events were described at: Helenic Ministry of Culture
Question: Do you have any black and white photos on the aincent Olympics?
Answer: Photography was developed in the last 200 years while the ancient Olympics began 2800 years ago and ended about 1600 years ago. There were no photographs made of the ancient Olympics. But ancient Greek artists were quite talented and there are many images that illustrate the ancient Olympics. Many underlined links which you can click on are given above.
Question: what was the importance of Spartas leadership of the Peloponnese?
Answer: Sparta had political allies, but this had little bearing on the Olympics. The Olympics were a religious event.
Question: Can you give us some facts about discus
Answer: Most competitive examples found weigh between 2 and 3 kilograms (Golden p.38) and was made of metal. It is a disc shaped object thrown for distance. The athlete whirls around several times before he releases it in a low angle to the ground. The discus is part of the pentathlon event.
Question: was archery in the ancient olympics?
Answer: No.
Question: was fencing a sport in the ancient olympics
Answer: No.
Question: how did the ancient olympics begin?
Answer: It was customary for the ancient Greeks to include athletic contests in their festivals and celebrations. Achilles calls for and athletic contest to celebrate the death of his friend Patroclus in book XXIII of the Iliad. The Olympics arose out of a festival for Zeus.
Question: Where are your pictures?
Answer: you must click on the links (underlined in blue) to see the pictures.
Question: What was the life of an athlete in the Ancient Greek Olympic Games like?
Answer: They spent most of their time training.
Question: why didn't the women compete in the ancient olympics
Answer: It was a religious festival for men.
Question: Pankration
Answer: This was a combat event in which competitors hit, kicked and grappled, upright or on the ground, without a break until one gave in or could not go on.
Question: Is there an event the Greeks did that would be suitable to do in a class presentation
Answer: The Penthalon was a five part event including the 200 meter foot race, wrestling, jump, discus, and javelin. This is probably the most suitable.
Question: What is a halter, the thing the Greeks had to hold when jumping
Answer: Halteres are illustrated in the following: Click here
Question: How many oxen died for Zues
Answer: Many oxen destined for an oxroast were initially sacrificed to Zeus. But his is like saying that when we thank God for the blessing for our food that the food was provided for God. In most cases the Greek sacrifice of an animal was no different than our sending an animal to a butcher.
Question: in what year were the first olympic games recorded games held?
Answer: Read above from the start.
Question: What was the arena like where they competed.
Answer: The ancient and archaic stadiums are described at: Click here
Question: WHEN DID IT STARTED
Answer: See above. Click here.
Question: who were the athletes in the first olympic games?
Answer: In 776 B.C. the Stadion was won by Koroibos from Elis.
Question: olympic coins, pins, or medallions
Answer: I do not find anything like this from ancient Greece.
Question: Where do we find out about Greek Olympics
Answer: Read above.
Question: when where the first official olympics held
Answer: 776 BCE.
Question: why are the olympics held every four years
Answer: The olympics were a religious festival whose origins are shrouded in myth.
Question: why were the olympics held at Olympia
Answer: The Olympics were a religious festival held in a religious spot. The festival took the name of the place.
Question: where did the olympic start
Answer: Olympia, Greece (It is now called Ellas)
Question: here are three clues, 776BCE, horse and hammer, and white and red faced, what aspect of the early olympics do these three clues remind you of?
Answer: The prizes.
Question: how did it start?
Answer: It started as a religious festival to please the gods.
Question: why were women secluded from the ancient Olympic games?
Answer: It was a religious festival for men.
Question: what was the penalty for cheating at the olympics.
Answer: Judges carried a switch and if they could they beat the cheater with it. But they could also fine them or expell them from the games. The juddges could set the penalty.
Answer: Ancient Greeks. Some give the credit to Theban and Cretan Hercules. More credit goes to Pelops. But the most credit goes to Zeus, in whose honor the Olympics were originally held.
Question: what did the women/girls do during the olympics
Answer: The olympics were for men. The women had their own athletic festival called the Heraeum.
Question: what was did the girls do basically everyday?
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below and click on daily.
Question: where were the olmpic games held from 1896 to 2000???
Answer: This page is only about the ancient Greek olympics which lasted only until 394 AD.
Question: information&pictures
Answer: Click on the links above to see the pictures.
Question: Can you give us information on the greek olympics?
Answer: Read above.
Question: why did the games originally start?
Answer: The Olympics were a religious festival to honor the god Zeus.
Question: how many winners did the ancient olympics have?
Answer: A list of the victors is at: Click here
Question: why did they olympics begin?
Answer: It was a religious festival to honor Zeus.
Question: Who could compete?
Answer: Any Greek man who could travel to Olympia and spend about a month.
Question: four sports that hold in this game that still exsits now in olympic games
Answer: Footracing, wrestling, discus, javelin.
Question: what was the prize for the winners of ancient olympic held in greece
Answer: Prizes could be anything of value.
Question: How could women compete if they were cooking and cleaning and baby-making (fooking)
Answer: The notion that this is all the women did is silly. Here, for example is another activity which Aridne encouraged: "Furthermore he wrought a green, like that which Daedalus once made in Cnossus for lovely Ariadne. Hereon there danced youths and maidens whom all would woo, with their hands on one another's wrists. The maidens wore robes of light linen, and the youths well woven shirts that were slightly oiled. The girls were crowned with garlands, while the young men had daggers of gold that hung by silver baldrics; sometimes they would dance deftly in a ring with merry twinkling feet, as it were a potter sitting at his work and making trial of his wheel to see whether it will run, and sometimes they would go all in line with one another, and much people was gathered joyously about the green. There was a bard also to sing to them and play his lyre, while two tumblers went about performing in the midst of them when the man struck up with his tune." (Iliad, Book XVIII)
Question: who banned the ancient olympics and why did they do this
Answer: "The institution of the Olympic Games lasted for twelve continuous centuries and was abolished in 393 A.D. (the 293rd Olympiad) by order of Theodosios I when the functioning of all idol worshiping sanctuaries was forbidden, and in 426 A.D., during the reign of Theodosios II, the destruction of the Altian monuments followed." From the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Question: what ties between the greek-city states, did the olympics bring?
Answer: Contestants came from all over Greece. In some cases hostilities stopped during the Olympics.
Question: was the the discus event about
Answer: The discus is a metal object shaped much like a frisbee that weighed about 7 pounds. If thrown properly it would sail for quite a distance. The ancient Greeks used it as a weapon that was thrown over infantry at the enemy. To throw it properly you must whirl around several times in a quite graceful way and then release it. At the Olympics the discus is thrown for distance.
Question: What reward did an athlete receive if he placed second or third in the ancient Olympics?
Answer: In some cases every participant would receive an award which could be anything of value.
Question: Why were the Olympics held?
Answer: The Olympics were a religious festival to honor the god Zeus.
Question: Why were the Olympics so important to the Greeks?
Answer: Athletic competition was an important cultural event.
Question: Did the winners receive medals?
Answer: No. They sometimes received vases though.
Question: the ancient olympic games ended when the romans conquereed greece so what year did the greek olympics end?
Answer: No. The Romans conquered Greece in 194 BCE, but the Olympics did not end until 393 AD because the Romans wanted to end all non-Christian activities.
Question: what is hoplite racing?
Answer: A hoplite was a fully armed warrior, so hoplite racing was racing in full armor.
Question: please send me more informaton
Answer: Please be specific.
Question: Why were women excluded form the olympic games?
Answer: Men and women had some separate festivals. The Olympics was a religious festival for men.
Question: Who were the first people to win awards?
Answer: Winners of the ancient olympics are posted at: Click here
Question: When and what did the Greeks do in their first Olympics
Answer: The first Olympics was a footrace run in 776 BCE.
Question: What did the Greeks do in the olimpics?
Answer: The ancient Olympics was a religious festival for men to honor Zeus.
Question: how many people participated in the ancient olympics?
Answer: The stadium could hold 45,000 spectators.
Question: what good web pages are there
Answer: See above.
Question: How often were the ancient olmpics?
Answer: Every four years.
Question: What kind of cheating or courpption was there at the olympics
Answer: Many different kinds including bribery and fixing of bets. But there were also scandals and investigation. Many were severely punished.
Question: What is greek
Answer: The modern country of Ellas occupies much of the territory of Ancient Greece, which was named by the Romans.
Question: How were the Olympics political?
Answer: Citystates attempted to manipulate the outcome of the Olympics with large amounts of money.
Question: Women weren't allowed to watch the ancient olympics, what was the penalty for watching?
Answer: They were to be thrown off Mt. Trypeum, but only one was ever caught and she was not punished.
Question: How is the flame for the Olympic Torch lit at the acient site of Olympia?
Question: when did the special olympics begin
Answer: There were no special olympics in ancient Greece.
Question: why did the olympics start
Answer: The Olympics were a religious festival dedicated to the god Zeus.
Question: why did the ancient olmpics end
Answer: It was a religious festival dedicated to the god Zeus. It was ended by Christian emperor of Rome who wanted all vestiges of pagan religion to end.
Question: in the pankration, how long did noe match lst, on average?
Answer: The pankration could end quite quickly or take a logn time. I have no information on the average time of one match.
Question: Who won the first Ancient Olympics in 776 B.C.
Answer: See above.
Answer: Olympia was a sanctuary for the god Zeus.
Question: were there other contest like the Olympics
Answer: Yes there were. Women held an event called the Heraia. There were mens' games at Pythia, Isthmia and Nemia.
Question: what was the olympic wreath made of?
Answer: Olive leaves.
Question: when where woman allowed to participate in the olympic games
Answer: Women were finally allowed to participate in the chariot races either as owners and drivers. Euryleon of Sparta was the first woman victor in the third century BCE.
Question: Do you have any information on the horse back riding during the ancient olympics?
Answer: The horse-race was added at the thirty-third Olympiad also. The rider was usually paid by the owner, just like in the tethrippon. In this race, however, the jockey rode bare-back on one horse. Women could own a horse but they could not even watch it race. The hippodrome, a space used for the horse races differed in size from place to place. An aristocratic event, the horse races comprised of various events and were conducted with horses, chariots and quadriga.
Question: what is the difference between ancient greek olympics and the olympics these days?
Answer: The ancient olympics were pretty much limited to Greek men. The rules were not so helpful in preventing injury.
Question: THE GAMES WERE CANCELLED IN 1916 1940 and 1944 why
Answer: In Ancient times wars were cancelled because of the Olympics. In modern times the olympics were cancelled because of war.
Question: What did greeks do in the Pentathalon
Answer: Javelin, Discus, Throwing, Running, Jumping, Wrestling.
Question: pics of sparta
Answer:Click here
Question: what are pythian games of delphi?
Answer: The olympics were a festival at Olympus for Zeus. The pythian games were a festival at Delphi for Apollo.
Question: olympic torch
Answer: The ancients had torch races.
Question: olympic flag
Answer: The ancients did not seem to use flags.
Question: Were there any events in Ancient olympics that aren't in today's olympics, and if so, what are they?
Answer: Chariot racing, racing in armor, mule car racing, trumpeters, heralds
Question: How were the athletes trained
Answer: They had a trainer who told them how to prepare. This included both practice in the event they would compete in and strengthening exercises.
Question: can you give me a lot of info about anicent greek olympic running
Answer: Here is a picture of an ancient runner: Click here and here is an article about ancient events: Click here.
Question: can you explain in detail the pentahlon
Answer: This event is somewhat of a mystery. But see the reference in the previous article.
Question: What were the Thaeician Games?
Answer: I can find no information of Thaeician (or Thracian) Games.
Question: What were the Eleusinian Mysteries?
Answer: The Eleusinian Mysteries were a series of cult practices associated with the worship of Demeter at Eleusis. The worship involved processions from Eleusis to Athens and back in the month of Boedromion (September). This process was supposed to guarantee a happy afterlife.
Question: what was the first year that women participated in the olimpics?
Answer: Cynisca, daughter and sister of Spartan kings, was the first woman to win at Olympia in 396 BCE.
Question: How long were the ancient Greek race track
Answer: About 200 meters.
Question: olympic prize vases
Answer: An article on this is at: Click here
Question: you have any pictures of the ancient greek olympics?
Answer: There are pictures of ancient athletes, but not of the Olympics. Links to pictures of athletes follow:
Question: Why were the olympic games held in Olympia.
Answer: The Olympic games were named after the place. They were held there because the place was sacred to Zeus.
Question: Can you show me a picture of a vase?
Answer: Click on one of the links above.
Question: do you have any ideas for an essay title for the greek olypics
Answer: Music and dance were more important life skills for women than running. What were the competions in these areas? Or why not?
Question: were can i get a 200 word write up on the acient olpympics ?
Answer: Check out the ACI site at the top of the following page: Click Here
Question: What happened to those who lost at the ancient Games?
Answer: They failed to win a prize.
Question: wrestling
Answer: Their wrestling was a combat event in which competitors grappled until one threw the other to the ground.
Question: What were all the Olympic sports
Answer: Click here
Question: What was the origin of the pentathalon?
Answer: These were once martial skills.
Question: WHAT SPORTS DID THEY PLAY
Answer: Just individual contests. No team sports.
Question: How many were involved in the first Olympic games?
Answer: There was just one event in the first Olympic games.
Question: What was some of the games the greek played for their celebrations!
Answer: The games the Greeks played were the athletic contests like those of the Olympics. They also had contests in other areas such as music, poetry, and drama.
Question: What type of exercises did the ancient greeks do in order to prepare for the olympics?
Answer: Mainly they practiced their particular skill. But there were often trainers to give them more specific instructions.
Question: most popular ancient olympic sport
Answer: probably the footrace since this is all the women did.
Question: How were the events of the games recorded?
Answer: The Greeks developed their own alphabet which they used to write records in their own language. This writing was made often in a book with wooden pages. The center of each page was an indentation filled with bees wax. The writing was made by marking the wax with a stylus. Sometimes writing was done on papyrus from Egypt but this was very expensive. Later, once when the supply of papyrus was gone the Greeks invented parchment to replace papyrus.
Question: What are some of the differences between the status of victors in the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games?
Answer: The Modern Olympic Games has emphasized amateur atheletics, while the ancient athletes were more like our professionals.
Question: What was Running like in the Olympic
Answer: Similar to now except they started in a standing position.
Question: Ancient Greek Wrestling
Answer: It was very like the wrestling of the Olympics today. But there was also a sport called pankration which is more like the Oriental martial arts.
Question: how many different events were in the olympics?
Answer: At one time or another 23 different events.
Question: What was the even known as the Pankration like
Answer: Oriental martial arts.
Question: how long was the ancient olympic racetrack
Answer: The racetrack was one stadia long and therefore called the Stadium, Our word stadium comes from the length of that track. It was 607 feet long.
Question: Where there any priestesses in Ancient Greece who lived by a vow of chastity? I would alos like to know what their living quarters would have been like - where they attached to the temple? and where there any specific dress codes for high priestesses? Would a blue gown with a gold border have been appropriate? Also, where the priestesses ever chosen from families that were not necessarily influential in a `dali lama` kind of ritual?
Answer: Artemis liked chastity before marriage, but not after that. Temples are not found with living quarters, so they would have been separate. Priestesses seem to dress well, but I know of no code. Different goddesses did have different preferred colors. A blue gown would be acceptable if it were fine. It was an honor to be a priestess, but I do not know how they were chosen. The priestesses of Athena in Athens seem to have been chosen from aristocratic families.
Question: how do they cheat
Answer: Bribery was common enough.
Question: Was the oylmpic game, the javilen , first started in Rome oylmpics?
Answer: No. It was part of the Greek pentalathon
Question: Where can i find out about the history of Javelin throwing in the ancient oylmpics?
Answer: The javelin was the weapon of choice during the Trojan war. It is natural that it would be incorporated into the olympics quite early. In fact it was include in the pentalathon in 708 BCE. The pentahalon for boys was attempted in 628 BCE but was immediately dropped. More information about specific events can be found at: Click here
Question: I was wondering what the olympic slogan of "perfect mind , perfect body" was in greek ?
Answer: "Know thyself"
Question: What comment does Oedipus Rex make and how we should deal with it? (In Oedipus the King)
Answer: Read and study it hard because it can make a dramatic impact on your life. It cannot be condensed to a singel comment.
Question: which sport did Milo Kroton compete in?
Answer: Wrestler Click Here
Question: Why were the games so important to the Greek people?
Answer: It was a national identity and religious worship.
Question: What did the olympic arena look like
Answer:
Question: What are rules to the wrestling matches?
Answer: A competitor must use only his upper body and attack only his opponent's upper body ( the waist and above).
Question: who won the medals
Answer: Medals were not used in the ancient Olympic games. Lists of victors are available but not currently on the internet.
Question: what were the expactations of the competeators in the anicent greek olympics?
Answer: Honor, wealth, and the favor of the god Zeus.
Question: how many competetors were there in the 776 B.C. olympics
Answer: All that is known is that there was just one event - a footrace.
Question: Prodject Ideas For social class
Answer: How did the ancients manage to bring about peace during the olympics when we cannot do that in the modern period.
Question: What goddesses could be associated with the olymic games?
Answer: The olympic games were dedicated to Zeus, so Hera, his wife was sometimes associated. But Nike, the goddess of victory was frequently used in illustrations of athletic events.
Question: what is fourplay
Answer: Fore play is play that occurs before another event. This often refers to sexual stimulation before the sex act.
Question: Can you give me information on how politics played a role in the acient greek olympic games?
Answer: Wars stopped and city-states payed their atheletes to participate. They also sued if they did not like the outcome.
Question: Did the fans eat food during the events?
Answer: This seems very likely. The olympics had a festival atmosphere. Vendors came as they would to a county fair.
Question: I need all the information on the Temple of Zues
Answer: Click here
Question: What did the losers get
Answer: The humiliation of defeat.
Question: waht happened in the sword duels fo rthe ancient greek olympics
Answer: This was not an ancient Olympic event.
Question: what can you tell me about foot racing
Answer: This was the first event at the ancient olympics and the only event for women.
Question: any information on Greek humanism
Answer: Humanism is the basis for Greek culture in general.
Question: what people participated in the greek olympics games
Answer: Any Greek man. Greek boys that were very young were excluded.
Question: what major important role did the olympics play in greece
Answer: The olympics helped to define the Greek character.
Question: what things about the anncient olympics are the same as todays olympics?
Answer: both are held very four years and both consist of a series of events. The events of the pentathlon are five in number.
Question: how well did sparta do in the olympics
Answer: Because the Spartans emphasize athletics they did well in some events But their laws restricted their participation in others.
Question: WHY DID THEY PLAY WITHOUT ANY CLOTHES
Answer: It was part of the Greek identity.
Question: can you tell me all you know about ancient greek horse riding?
Answer: Only the Amazons rode horses for any useful purpose and they rode bareback. Horses were not ridden until the time of Alexander the Great.
Question: Where do you get your information because a lot of it is incorrect. Women we not aloud to have anyhting to do with the Olympics. It was strickly for Men and Women did not have their own games.
Answer: Much can be found in the following book: Golden, Mark, Sport and Society in Ancient Greece, Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 0 521 49790 6 paperback.
As to the matter of women's own games: Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.16.1 "Every fourth year there is woven for Hera a robe by the Sixteen women, and the same also hold games called Heraea. The games consist of foot-races for maidens. These are not all of the same age. The first to run are the youngest; after them come the next in age, and the last to run are the oldest of the maidens. They run in the following way: [3] their hair hangs down, a tunic reaches to a little above the knee, and they bare the right shoulder as far as the breast. These too have the Olympic stadium reserved for their games, but the course of the stadium is shortened for them by about one-sixth of its length. To the winning maidens they give crowns of olive and a portion of the cow sacrificed to Hera. They may also dedicate statues with their names inscribed upon them. Those who administer to the Sixteen are, like the presidents of the games, married women. [4] The games of the maidens too are traced back to ancient times;..."
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Question: where di all of the athletes train/
Answer: All Olympic athletes were require to train on the Olympic site for about a month before the Olympic event.
Question: What did the First ancient olympic stadium look mlike
Answer: It was a dirt track with two turning posts. Dirt was pilled up in mounds at the edges so the spectators could get a good view.
Question: Can you give me information on an Ancient Greek Olympic game called the Long Jump
Answer: The ancient long jump was different from the modern one. Perhaps it was like the hop, skip and jump. They also used jumping weights.
Question: did the greeks stop anything during the months of the games such as wars
Answer: Many things stopped, including wars.
Question: What soprt did people play in the acient olympic?
Answer: Talented athletic Greek men played in the Olympics.
Question: Milon
Answer: Milo of Crotona, 536 BCE, the wrestler. He won six victories at Olympia and was known for feats of strength.
Question: Who is mylon
Answer: Myron (f. 460-430 BCE) was one of the most famous sculptors of all time who sculpted the "Discus thrower" (Discobolus).
Question: what was the greek money called
Answer:
Question: what was the original purpose the olympics were stared
Answer: The Olympics was a religious festival to honor the god Zeus.
Question: what was the order of the events in the Panathenaic festival?
Answer:
Question: What about snakes and the womens olympics?
Answer: Snakes were an important symbol of creativity and fertility.
Question: What were the sports of the Ancient Greek Olympic Games?
Answer: Click here
Question: when were they held
Answer: Every four years from 776 BCE to 394 AD
Question: In the pentathalon how many of events did they have to complete out of five?
Answer: No one knows how the winner was determined.
Question: What's the difference between "Heracles"and "Hercules"?
Answer: Herakles was his Greek name while Romans called him Hercules.
Question: what games did the men play in the gym?
Answer: A gymnasium was a facility used for training. The ancient Greek athletes trained in the gymnasium for the outdoor events of the Olympics.
Question: What did the gym look like?
Answer: Gymnasium
Question: What was the name of the place where they did the Olympics in ancient Greece?
Answer: Olympia.
Question: who was allowed in the olympics
Answer: Any Greek man
Question: what month ere the olympics held in
Answer: Five days in the hottest days of the summer. It was held in either July or August.
Question: What were the most popular Ancient Greek sports?
Answer: The ones included in the Olympics were the most popular.
Question: what was the purpose of the games?
Answer: The olympics were a religious festival for the god Zeus.
Question: what special ceremonies would a spectator see?
Answer: The Ancient olympics began with the participants swearing an oath to honor the god Zeus.
Question: What wars were ended or postponed as a result of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece?
Answer: Some information is available at: Click here. More is available at:Click here
Question: Who was Troy
Answer: Troy was an ancient city in what is now Northwest Turkey. Troy was also called: Cammania, Cestria, Cestrine, Filiates, Ilion, Ilium, Troia, Troja. Tros, son of Ericthonius and Astyoche, called the city Troy after himself.
Question: why were women banished from the games in the first place?
Answer: In many festivals in ancient Greece it was the custom for men to relate to the gods and women to relate to the goddesses. The Olympics was a festival for the male god Zeus.
Question: what is the meaning of the torch
Answer: The use of the torch in the Olympics comes from the spectacular torch races that were run at night during the ancient olympics.
Question: When is the prize for winning
Answer: When the event was over the winner received an olive wreath.
Question: Why could only Greeks compete in the ancient olympics?
Answer: The Olympics were part of the Greek identity. It was a religious festival for the god Zeus.
Question: Do u have any male full body remakes of the early olympics? like no pots real people?
Answer: Click Here
Question: Do you information on marathons in the ancient greek olympics?
Answer: There were no marathons in the ancient Olympics.
Question: who is the author. when was it written. what was the date when he wrote it. date written
Answer: Frederick John Kluth of Kent, Ohio last edited this page on January 13, 2001.
Question: What were the game official called?
Answer: Judges.
Question: Do you have any information on Kallipatera of Rhodes and when she lived and died.
Answer: No information.
Question: Who was the 12 year old boy you mention who won the wrestling event?
Answer: Damiscus of Messene was 12 when he won the boys' stadion in 368. (Golden, pg 105)
Question: How did you develop the interest and knowledge you have about the ancient Olympics? Are you Greek? Are you a professor?
Answer: I am an information technologist, with good resources, and good computer skills.
Question: Kallipatera is the woman you mention in your Q&A as being the only woman to have been caught and allowed to live after sneaking into the stadium as a man. She is as well-known to Greek kids as Goldilocks is to Americans. I'm interested in her life and death dates and her relatives (she was related to many Olympic champions, a legacy that allowed her to escape death). I'd appreciate anything you could find out, or even if you found a book or two to help me.
Answer: References:
Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.6.1: [7] As you go from Scillus along the road to Olympia, before you cross the Alpheius,there is a mountain with high, precipitous cliffs. It is called Mount Typaeum. It is a law of Elis to cast down it any women who are caught present at the Olympic games, or even on the other side of the Alpheius, on the days prohibited to women. However, they say that no woman has been caught, except Callipateira only; some, however, give the lady the name of Pherenice and not Callipateira. [8] She, being a widow, disguised herself exactly like a gymnastic trainer, and brought her son to compete at Olympia. Peisirodus, for so her son was called, was victorious, and Callipateira, as she was jumping over the enclosure in which they keep the trainers shut up, bared her person. So her sex was discovered, but they let her go unpunished out of respect for her father, her brothers and her son, all of whom had been victorious at Olympia. But a law was passed that for the future trainers should strip before entering the arena.
Question: how did wrestling first come to be?
Answer: Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.39.1: "After the graves of the Argives is the tomb of Alope, who, legend says, being mother of Hippothoon by Poseidon was on this spot put to death by her father Cercyon. He is said to have treated strangers wickedly, especially in wrestling with them against their will. So even to my day this place is called the Wrestling Ground of Cercyon, being a little way from the grave of Alope. Cercyon is said to have killed all those who tried a bout with him except Theseus, who out matched him mainly by his skill. For Theseus was the first to discover the art of wrestling, and through him afterwards was established the teaching of the art. Before him men used in wrestling only size and strength of body."
Question:why did they hold the olympic's every four years?
Answer: "...they were organized into festivals held every four years as a result of a peace agreement between the city-states of Elis and Pisa." Brief History of the Olympic Games
Question: How old would you have to be?
Answer: 11 or 12, but your age was probably not so important as your size or the state of your teeth.
Question: what were the medals made of in ancient olympics
Answer: No metals. Olive wreaths were the awards.
Question: who's idea was it to start the olympics?
Answer: Perhaps the hero Heracles.
Question: how many different types of medals were there?
Answer: The victor received an olive wreath.
Question: WHAT IS ZUES'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER GODS AND GODESSES
Answer: Zeus is the main god, the king of gods, more powerful than all the other gods and godesses combined.
Question: Greek games
Answer: Greek games are athletic competitions like foot races, broad jump, discus throw, javelin throw, chariot race.
Question: What were the Greek games?
Answer: Athletic competitions held at religious festivals such as the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Games.
Question: how did alexander the great treat his people
Answer: Read about Roxane at: Click here
Question: how do you become greek
Answer: You must have Greek parents.
Question: list of winners in anncient olympic games
A list of the victors is at: Click here
Question: what did the copetors wear?
Answer: All the competitors were naked.
Question: where did the olympics start
Answer: At Olympia, Greece.
Question: If the Olympics were never cancelled, how many ancient Olympics would have been held??
Answer: The first Olympics was held in 776 BCE which was 2777 years ago. There have been 694 olympiads since then, so 695 Olympics could have been held.
Question: Can I have a full color picture of the Greek god Poseidon?
Answer:
Question: The Olympics were not the only famous ancient athetic games held in Greece. There were three other major competitons. Name them please.
Answer: Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Games
Question: Find more informaition of Cronu from ancient greece
Answer: See the bottom of: Click here and the following pages.
Question: who won the events at the olympic games
Answer: Click Here
Question: where did wrestling originate
Answer: Theseus invented wrestling
Question: How many were held
Answer: They were held 776 BCE until they were prohibited by the Romans in 394 AD, a span of 1170 years or 292 olympiads. As a result 293 ancient Olympics were held compared to only 26 in modern times.
Question: How long was the games
Answer: In the beginning the games were just one day. During its height it lasted five days.
Question: Did the WOmen of ancient Greece have their own set of Olympics.
Answer: Yes, about it read above, but it was not well documented.
Question: How do the buildings and other sites at Olympia show the different religious and secular of festival
Answer: Most of the buildings at Olympia are religious:
Question: how was the ancient olympic torch lit?
Answer: In ancient Greece each community maintained a temple to Hestia where a fire was maintained always burning. There the torches would be lit that were handed to the runners in a torch race. The runners would then run to the temple of Zeus where the first one would start the fire at the altar of Zeus.
Question: How much did an ancient discus weigh?
Answer: Most competitive examples found weigh between 2 and 3 kilograms
Question: What were the diffrent running events when the aincent olympics started
Answer: According to the earliest records, only one athletic event was held in the ancient Olympics--a foot race of about 183 m (200 yd), or the length of the stadium. A second race--twice the length of the stadium--was added in the 14th Olympics, and a still longer race was added to the next competition, four years later.
Question: What is the link between the Olympics and the discobolos by Myron?
Answer: The discus throw was part of an olympic event, the pentathalon.
Question: who invented the Olypics? Why?
Answer: Pausanias says Heracles did it to honor Zeus.
Question: how much cheating went on and what sorts of drugs, if any, did they use? thanks
Answer: Most of the cheating involved bribery, mainly of other contestants, but also of judges. The drugs of the time, alcohol and opium, were depressants that could be used on your opponents, but not on you.
Question: Were young boys allowed to watch the Ancient Oylmpiccs
Answer: Only young boys that were able to be without their mother.
Question: Has anyone done any illustrations of the greeks in the olympics that is not on pottery? If so can I see some?
Answer: What is wrong with pottery? The Discobulos by Myron is a sculpture.
Question: do you have any pictures of the red dance that is not on pottery? If so let me see some.
Answer: What is wrong with pottery? Here is a picture of naked men dancing on a vase which is close as I can get to your request: Click here
Question: What did tyey do in the opening ceremony?
Answer: Click here
Question: How often did they have olimpics?
Answer: Once an olympiad which was every four years.
Question: what were the prizes they gave out for victorys
Answer: The prizes mainly were just a head wreath of wild olive branches with leaves.
Question: wher can we find pictures for greek olimpics
Answer: Click on the links underlined above to see the pictures.
Question: how many men participated in the Ancient Olympics
Answer: Five days of Olympics allowed several thousand athletes to perform and the stadium held almost forty thousand spectators.
Question: ancient greek wrestling: Its significance in the games...
Answer: It was a popular martial art exercise. " As the men of war, aristocrats had finely smithed armor. It had been aristocratic youth alone who were given schooling, which was mainly military training: horsemanship, chariot racing, foot racing, the long-jump, throwing a discus and javelin, wrestling and boxing. Instruction included indoctrination about the ideal noble warrior. Choral music, dancing and playing the lyre were added to the curriculum in an attempt to instill in aristocratic youth the refinement that was supposed to be a part of their superiority. EUROPE, GREECE, AND PHILOSOPHY
Answer: Unlike the modern Games, only the winner was crowned, with no wreath being offered to second or third place-getters.
Question: where can you get more infor mation on the ancient greeks
Answer: Click on the menu directory below, then click on the subject of interest.
Question: words of the oath
Answer: "...it is the custom for athletes, their fathers and their brothers, as well as their trainers, to swear an oath upon slices of boar's flesh that in nothing will they sin against the Olympic games. The athletes take this further oath also, that for ten successive months they have strictly followed the regulations for training. An oath is also taken by those who examine the boys, or the foals entering for races, that they will decide fairly and without taking bribes, and that they will keep secret what they learn about a candidate, whether accepted or not." (Pausanias 5.24.9ff)
Question: I have read your introduction on your Q & A page. It seems to me as if the competitors in the Olympics were performing their skill for fun and not for a prize, since the only prize was a wreath of olive leaves, a very commonn thing. Is this th proper conclusion? Does this signify the Greek way of life in that they appreciated everyone's talents and not physical wealth? This is for a project I am working on in English I Accelerated that is due Friday. I would appreciate your response ASAP and will present your information as a professor of this area.
Answer: The ancient Greeks did not compete just for fun. First of all it was a religious festival and they were strongly motivated to please the gods. Secondly, betting was common and they might be involved with this. Thirdly, they were often highly rewarded when they got back home for bringing honor to their community. There was as much stress on the ancient athlete as there was on the modern one, if not more.
Question: Why do you run nacked
Answer: You run naked so you cannot hide any tricks and so your sex is plain.
Question: what was the most famous ancient greek game
Answer: Probably chariot racing.
Question: why were the greek olympics a frontier?
Answer: This is not a good use of the word frontier. The Greek Olympics were an activity that helped to define the Greek character. Any Greek male could participate, and the nudity made non-Greeks uncomfortable participating.
Question: What were the other races in ancient greek that participated in the ancient Olympics?
Answer: During the ancient Greek period only Greeks participated in the Olympics. During the Roman period people came from all over the empire to participate.
Question: why did the ancient olympic games last so long after the the romans had corrupted it?
Answer: It was a profitable spectacle and the worship of Zeus continued.
Question: Why were the Greeks so interested in physcial training?
Answer: Better warriors resulted.
Question: what happened to the people who won the events?
Answer: They often became rich and famous when they returned home.
Question: how old did you need to be to compete in the games?
Answer: Young boys were excluded, but not on the basis of age. Rather some physical charateristic was used such as the presence of pubic hair or certain kinds of teeth.
Question: how many years were the acient games held
Answer: 776 BCE until 394 AD is 1170 years.
Question: what are all 12 greek gods
Answer: There are twelve major gods and thousands of others. Click on the Menu Directory below and then click on lists.
Question: where.new.countries.added.to.the.olympics
Answer: No, but during Roman times athletes from other countries did participate.
Question: Did the ancient greek olympics add more events each year until the modern olympics?
Answer: No, the ancient olympics ceased about 394 AD and the modern olympics did not start until 1896.
Question: why where the olympics held in olympia
Question: The olympics were a religious festival to honor the god Zeus. Olympia was the site of the temple of Zeus.
Question: do you have a picture of the greek collisium
Answer: The Greeks did not have a colliseum, they had a stadium. For a picture see above.
Question: What was the impact of the Olympics on their lives and the influence on our society?
Answer: The Olympics helped to define the Greek identity. It also helped to produce fit warriors who were efficient fighters. Alexander used this ability to build an empire and spread Greek culture around the world.
Question: What were the name of some of the games they played? Can u please tell me how these games were played. (At least 4 games ) THANKS!
Answer: There were no team sports. All the competitions involved individual comparisons.
Question: why did they pour wine on oxen?
Answer: They poured wine out on the ground as a gift to one or more dieties. Wine was poured on roasted fat and meat so the vapor would be carried up to the deities in heaven. It also basted the meat and made it taste better.
Question: What is the Hippodrome
Answer: A stadium built especially for horse racing.
Question: what was the messenger's name in the acient greece Olympics?
Answer: Pheidippides.
Question: Acient Athens Olympics?
Answer: The Panathenaia was a major festival which was celebrated in Athens in the Greek month of Hekatombaion between the 23rd and the 30th day. The festival was in honor of the birth of Athena. the Great Panathenea was celebrated every forth year and included horse racing, chariot racing, and a regatta.
Question: who created this event/
Answer: One tradition states that after the Greek hero Pelops won a chariot race against King Oenomaus to marry Oenomaus's daughter Hippodamia, he established the Games.
Question: what were the ages that boys can compete in the olympic games
Answer: Rather than age some physical characteristic was used, such as the presence of 6 year molars, or pubic hair.
Question: how many athletes took part in the olympics
Answer: As many as they could fit in in five days of events. My guess is about 500 a day or 2500.
Question: who was the man holding the disc
Answer: Discobolo, the discus thrower. Click here for a torch race.
Question: How long did it last?
Answer: In the beginning it lasted just one day. At its height it was a five day event.
Answer: What was the chance a women could get into the Olmpics
Answer: Very poor. The Olympics were for men only. Only a very few women involved in horse racing were allowed to participate. The women had their own event, The Heraea.
Question: How many teams played
Answer: There were no team sports.
Question: What is a tunic?
Answer: Like a T-shirt that comes to mid-thigh in length.
Question: Where can I find info or biographies or competitors?
Answer: Use the resources above.
Question: Is it not true that poetry and music competitions were a many part of the first Olympics
Answer: The very first olympics in 776 BCE involved only running competitions. Poetry and music were incorporated later.
Question: Are there any pictures of pigeons who carried messages during the Olympic games?
Answer: Click here
Question: How did the participants compete?
Answer: The participants performed in the event to be the best in that event.
Question: I am currently doing my Dissertation in Sports and Exercise at Leeds Met University on Ergogenic aids. Could you please let me know if it was true that proir to the competition, ancient Greeks used to eat rams testicles as an ergogenic aid?
Answer: I cannot confirm or deny this but i do doubt it. Primitive logic suggests that if you want the power of the beast you eat the meat of the beast, the source of the power. What power does a ram have that an athlete would want and why would it be found in the testicles? It is possible that after extensive test of many thousands of sustances that the testicles were found to have this power, but such tests were unheard of in ancient times. Usually some secondary association would lead to the practice, which might happen to be beneficial. A heart shaped leaf would be given to someone with heart trouble, for example.
Question: If it was a close call how did the judges decide who won?
Answer: They voted. The priests could also pass on close decisions.
Question: Why is the role of women so?
Answer: Both men and women considered the role of childbearing to be very important.
Question: What kind of equiptment was used in the Ancient Olympics?
Answer: Discus, javelin, strigil, armor, starting gates. A strigil was a curved stick or metal object used to scrape oil off the athletes's body.
Question: Ancient Greeks played footbll as an olypic game. What did they use as a football?
Answer: There were no team sports at the Olympics. But Greek youths did play with balls. These balls were probably made of skins or cloth stuffed with rags or fiber. A bouncing ball can be made by trimming a sponge and sewing cloth around it.
Question: Did the women have the same games as the men did ?
Answer: No. The women only had foot races.
Question: show me a picture of javelin being thrown
Answer: Click here
Question: Who was crowned 6 times at the Olympic 536 b.c.
Answer: Milo of Crotona, 536 BCE, the wrestler. He won six victories at Olympia and was known for feats of strength.
Question: compare roles of palaestra & gymnasium of ancient greece
Answer: This will require more research. The structure and activities of the gymnasia were models of ancient education.
Question: can you tell me about the anceint greek javelin competitions?????
Answer: The javelin is a light spear that is thrown for distance as a part of the Pentathlon. A thong is used to make the spear spin as it goes through the air. The javelin was also thrown at a target in some competitions.
Question: where can i find a picture of the ancient Greek Heraea
Answer: I have found none and doubt that they exist because we know of the Heraea from just one source.
Question: I need for a presentation the pictures and any other info on the 4 different Cotinus used to award the winners in the 4 major games (ie the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Games).
Answer: Click here::
Question: How do I get better info on anceint Greek sports?
Answer: First ask better questions, then do better research. Better books are available but you must search them out in libraries and bookstores. You should also read many of the authors from ancient Greece.
Question: other than olive oil what substance did the greeks rub on their body before starting a olympic race
Answer: Lanolin is a possibility, but oils can be gotten from a number of sources including nuts such as almonds. Animal fat is another possibility. Castor oil is ancient as is mineral oil.
Question: Who was Zeus?
Answer: Originally a weather god, he became the chief god of the ancient Greeks.
Question: what type of woman was considered beautiful.......could they be skinny or fat
Answer: You can tell what they thought was ideal beauty by studying pictures of goddesses like Hera and Aphrodite, who were supposed to be very beautiful. They as usually lightly proportioned and neither skinny or fat.
Question: I thought the first olympics were held so Jason could find a sutible crew, is that true?
Answer: The true story of the Olympics is buried in myth. This makes a good story but it cannot be confirmed.
Question: What are the religious aspects of the games?
Answer: The Olympics were a religious festival dedicated to Zeus. They were held on sacred ground, and included religious ceremonies.
Question: How many events/ games were there in the Olympics by the sixth century
Answer: Twelve.
Question: Did Hera have any thing to do with the women Olympics?
Answer: The women's olympics, the Heraea, was a religious festival for Hera.
Question: What can you tell me about how the greek statues were made?
Answer: The statues of ancient Greece were direct carved into wood, Ivory, or stone. There were also metal statues made using the lost wax process. Some terracotta statues were made but they tended to be smaller. Many more wooden ones were carved but the statues have not stood the test of time and have rotted away.
Question: What and how do you play the Greek sport Discus?
Answer: The dicus is a round, flat stone that is thrown for distance. You are allowed to whirl around to give the stone more momentum.
Question: were nongreeks allowed to play at the ancient games?
Answer: Not Earlier, but later thy were.
Question: Was the running games an important event in the Greek Olympics?
Answer: Yes. And for quite a long time running was the only event.
Question: Who watched?
Answer: Spectators from all over Greece. We do not know if women were allowed to watch. Some women did watch in disguise.
Question: why were the ancient olympic games so important to the society?
Answer: They were a symbol of Greek national identity.
Question: Where can I find a picture of an event of the Olympic games with the participants at the stadium?
Answer: The Ancient Greeks did like to include architecture in their drawings so I cannot find any pictures like you request. But there are remains to stimulate your imagination:
Question: what are the religious, spiritual, and social aspects of the ancien t olympic games?
Answer: Athletic contests were often viewed in Ancient Greece as appropriate for religious festivals. They also viewed these as pleasing to the gods and spiritual in nature. This expressed the competitive nature of the society in general. The events provided a gathering for people who were greatly entertained. No doubt there was a lot of gambling. The winners usually obtained high status in their community and sometimes material rewards for winning.
Question: the pentathalon
Answer: This began as an event in the Ancient Olympics in 708 BCE. This was a five part event including the stadion (a footrace of the length of the ancient stadium), wrestling, jump, discus, and javelin. The winner of this event was considered an all around athlete. There is much debate over the sequence of the events and how the winner was chosen. And in many contests besides the olympics the prize for an individual competition might be worth much more than a prize for the pentathlon.
Question: Why did the ancient greeks use halteres?
The answer is not plain. The weights obviously gave the jumper extra momentum. But the competition would be just as important without them. They might be more important to a stationary jump than a running jump. Experiments with them have not been conclusive.
Question: 'In the ancient Olympics, when athletes made a false start in an athletic event, what was done
Answer: They might be punished, perhaps with a beating.
Question: Were there any women in Greece that were in to swimmming?
Answer: Yes, but there were no Olympic competitions in this area in the ancient Olympics.
Question: what direction is Olympia from Atherns
Answer: Olympia is about 125 miles (200 kilometers) west of Athens.
Question: What does the statue of the Discus Thrower reveal about Greek values?
Answer: The statue reveals a taste for grace and form in a nude male athlete. It also seems to support athletic involvement.
Question: what is the meaning of the olympic tourch?
Answer: Torch races were popular in ancient times because they were spectacular at night.
Question: What music did the Greeks play?
Answer: Music played on a lyre and an oulos seems likely. Polyphonic music seems unlikely. The sound may have been similar to current mid-east music because it had the sound of a cicada. Recordings have been made which propose to reproduce the sound. My efforts to reproduce the sound have used harp and crumhorn.
Question: what is a bard?
Answer: A bard is a person who composes and memorizes poetry with the intention of reciting it to tell stories about the culture in which he resides. Often this poetry is sung at a dinner party for entertainment. Often the bard is itinerant so as to carry his stories around the community.
Question: There are many artefacts which illustrate nude athletes. Some can be viewed at
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/sor?lookup=nude+athlete
Pausanias tells his story at 1.44.1
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160&layout=&loc=1.44.1
Mark Golden discusses this issue in "Sport and Society in Ancient Greece" pp 65 - 69.
The fact is that it became customary. It was not done because the Greeks were homosexuals. Comments such as ones that I make about the fact that atheletes are easier to control are truisms that help understand why nudity may have become customary but cannot be proved. The fact is that it was customary and a part of the Greek identity. People who held other views were regarded as barbarian. Both the sites that you sent contain reliable information. I do not consider them to be in conflict with what I said.
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From: "Mindless Crap" Question: What are three events from the ancient Olympic Games that are still performed today and what are the differences then and now in style and operation?
Answer: Both have footraces, wrestling, discus, and javelin. In the
footraces the start is quite different. Wrestling has different rules.
Unfortunately, in most cases there is not enough information to make a detailed
comparison.
Question:
Answer: The Olympic Games owe their modern revival almost entirely to the
French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin. His single-minded, persistent
efforts, which overcame many obstacles, led to the first modern Olympic Games
held in Athens in 1896. Coubertin was inspired by archaeological explorations
of ancient Greece, particularly at ancient Olympia. He pressed for the revival
of the ancient Olympic Games and won support for launching a modern Olympic
Festival. Coubertin believed in the importance of physical education and saw
the advantages of restoring the Olympic Games as an international event
promoting world peace.
Question: Did the physical skills and activities of those days meet the needs of society then?
Answer: The standard of living in ancient Greece was quite high, higher
than for most people living today. In fact it was so high that a fair amout of
our lives today are totally dependent on what they accomplished. We are
receiving the fruits of their efforts. And many people today are just
squandering them.
Question: What were the important skills that young boys and girls had to learn
Answer: Boys learned writing, music, and gymnastics. Writing included
reading, writing, arithmetic, and literature. Music included lyric poetry.
Girls could be taught the same subjects but were more often taught domestics
by their mother.
Question: Was there any drug taking in the Ancient Olympic Games
Answer: The ancient Greeks did have drugs, but the powerful ones such as
alcohol and opium are depressants. Performance enhancing drugs are much more
recent, so they had no effect on the ancient Olympics.
Question: disscus how attitudes changed as the beliefs of society and rulers
changed between 776 b.c and 500a.d
Answer: The topic of this site only extends to 125 BCE. Interestingly
the period of your interest extends 1276 years from the end of one dark age
to the beginning of another. The religion changes in Greece from polytheism
to Christianity. Government changes from local communalism to national
totalitarianism. In fact it is a time of great change and an adequate
discussion of the changes would require many thousands of pages.
Question: why were the olympic games important?^^
Answer:
Question: Can i have a map where it shows me where the ancient olympics were held?
Answer: Map of Greece
Question: the name of the ancient olympic sports
Answer:
Question: Where the olympics held in the temple of Zues?
Answer: No.
Question: What is the meaning of the Torch Lighting Ceremony and what is it meant to communicate?
Answer: The torch relay in ancient Greece known as "lampadiodromia" from the word "lampas" (torch), was at once a religious ritual and an athletic event.
The end of the race was always an altar.
"CV. While still in the city, the generals first sent to Sparta the herald Philippides, an Athenian and a long-distance runner who made that his calling. As Philippides himself said when he brought the message to the Athenians, when he was in the Parthenian mountain above Tegea he encountered Pan. [2] Pan called out Philippides' name and bade him ask the Athenians why they paid him no attention, though he was of goodwill to the Athenians, had often been of service to them, and would be in the future. [3] The Athenians believed that these things were true, and when they became prosperous they established a sacred precinct of Pan beneath the Acropolis. Ever since that message they propitiate him with annual sacrifices and a torch-race." Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley)
6.105.1
The first rider delivers his charge to the second, the second to the third, and thence it passes on from hand to hand, even as in the Greek torch-bearers' race in honor of Hephaestus. (1.00) Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) book 8, chapter 98, section 2
The torch race arose from the custom of transmitting a new and sacred fire from the altar to hearths polluted by death or the enemy's presence (). (1.00)
W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus book 8, chapter 98, section 2
Question: Did the Greeks wear laurel wreaths on their head too? What does the laurel wreath symbolize?
Answer: Victor's wreaths, known as stephanos, were given to the winners of Greek athletic competitions. Each of their major competitions was dedicated to a particular god whose sacred plant was used to create the stephanos for that event. For example: the winner of the Pythian games, dedicated to Apollo, received the laurel crown and the winner of the Isthmian games was rewarded with the pine crown of Poseidon.
reference
Question: disscus how attitudes changed as the beliefs of society and rulers
changed between 776 b.c and 500a.d
Answer: The topic of this site only extends to 125 BCE in Greece.
Interestingly
the period of your interest extends 1276 years from the end of one dark age
to the beginning of another. Religion changed from polytheism to
Trinitarianism. Governments changed from communal to totalitarianism. But
there were many changes. A book thousands of pages long would be required.
Question: What were the rules for armour racing in the Ancient Olympics?
Answer: I only know that the participants raced in full armour.
Question: where there rules
Answer: Yes, but we do not know what they were.
Question: how did sparta participate in this event ?
Answer: First Sparta was one of the original founders of the Truce that
allowed the Olympics to remain independent of political conflicts. Second
Sparta sent many fine athletes to the games. There were some restrictions
on their participation, however. At the very least Sparta was sometimes
punished for violating the terms of the truce.
Question: What were the political aspects of the Olympics of 776 BCE?
Answer: At first it was a religious festival.
Question: . I asked if there what the political aspects of the 776
BCE Olympics were. You said it was a religious festival at first. I
understand that it was a religious festival to honor Zeus or, to put it
plainly, this other guy that defeated a king and won his daughter (sorry, I
don't have my notes with me). But were there any political aspects to these
Olympics? A friend of mine told me that city-states' leaders met at the
Olympics and discussed peace treaties, trades, etc... I'm not sure how
reliable her information was. I know that all wars were suspended for the
Blympics, but I've never read that leaders met and talked about issues at the
Olympics. Did this ever occur? If so, did it occur in 776 BCE? Any help or
insight you can give me into the political aspects (if any) of the 776 BCE
Olympics would be greatly appreciated
>Answer: Dates before 600 BCE are hard to establish. Political records are also hard to find. It is difficult to know what the political situation was in 776 BCE.
he history of the Pisatae consists of their struggle with the Eleans, with whom they contended for the presidency of the Olympic Games. The Pisatae obtained this honour in the eighth Olympiad (B.C. 748), with the assistance of Phidon, tyrant of Argos, and also a second time in the thirty-fourth Olympiad (B.C. 644), by means of their own king Pantaleon. In the fifty-second Olympiad (B.C. 572) the struggle between the two peoples was brought to a close by the conquest and destruction of Pisa by the Eleans."
Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
"As an oracle had declared to Oenomaüs that he should be killed by his son-in-law, he refused giving his daughter Hippodamia in marriage to any one. But since many suitors appeared, Oenomaüs declared that he would bestow her hand upon the man who should conquer him in the chariot-race, but that he should kill all who were defeated by him. Among other suitors Pelops also presented himself; but when he saw the heads of his conquered predecessors stuck up above the door of Oenomaüs he was seized with fear, and endeavoured to gain the favour of Myrtilus, the charioteer of Oenomaüs, promising him half the kingdom if he would assist him in conquering his master. Myrtilus agreed, and drew out the linchpins of the chariot of Oenomaüs. In the race the chariot of Oenomaüs broke down, and he was thrown out and killed. Thus Hippodamia became the wife of Pelops. But as Pelops had now gained his object, he was unwilling to keep faith with Myrtilus; and accordingly, as they were driving along a cliff, he threw Myrtilus into the sea. As Myrtilus sank he cursed Pelops and [p. 1196] his whole race. Pelops returned with Hippodamia to Pisa in Elis, and soon also made himself master of Olympia, where he restored the Olympian Games with greater splendour than they had ever been celebrated before."
Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
Question: what could i use for a thesis about the greek olympics?
Answer: The relation between the olympics and politics.
Question: What was the purpose of the olympics?
Answer: The Olympics was a religious ceremony honoring the God Zeus.
Question: what kind of instruments were played at the ancient greek olymppics
Answer: Trumpeting was actually a competition at the Olympics.
Question: who are the gods and goddesses of track
Answer: No one. The atheletic events were religious celebrations that were
held for most of the divinities.
Question: Did the people from Sparta ever play any games other than in the Olymics?
Answer: Yes they did. Olympic games were entirely athletic competitions
pitting one athlete against one or more other athletes ith the best performing
athletes being declared the winner. There were also team games, board games,
and games of chance.
Information: this isnt a question but it is information im in the 7th grade and im studying about what this site is talking about and yes wars were stopped and if they werent stopped there was a fine.
Question: olimpic victors statues
Answer: I do not know of any but here are some pictures of ancient athletes:
Question: Here's a quote from the American Humanist website. Is this man's
claim true? Email me personally if you don't want to post this. "For example,
in the ancient Olympic games, competition included not only athletics but
drama, music, poetry, and philosophy. And the whole combination was viewed as
religious event. The Greeks put it together and did it all. So can we."
Answer: The ancient Greeks were very competitive and enjoyed their
involvement in competitions so the statement is approximately true. I cannot
verify competitions in poetry and philosophy, but the Olympics did include
trumpets. The religiosity of this event needs development. At any rate
I wonder if the religiosity can be replicated. Humanism does have strong
roots in Greek culture so the statement is understandable.
Question: How did Olympics get its name?
Answer: Olympia had been a religious site for centuries when the athletic
contests started there in honor of Zeus. The Olympics get their name from
Olympia, the location of the games. The meaning of the word 'Olympia' is
unknown. It is related to "Olympus' the name for the Greek pantheon.
Question: How long did the first olmpics last?
Answer: After an initial period of practice and purification, the actual
athletic event lasted less than one day.
Question:
Answer: During the first Olympic Games in 776 BCE, young boys raced 200
yards to win the privilege of lighting the sacrificial altar fire honoring the
Greek god Zeus.
Question: is this site copy written, cause if it isnt u should get it done cause its got some useful info and could be used as a reference
Answer: This site is copyright 1997,1998,1991,2000,2001. Thanks.
Question: what happened if two city-states were at war during the olympics
Answer: The Olympic governing body would take action against any
athletes that these cities sent. They might be fined, excluded, or both.
Question: What happened to people who broke the oath that they took at the beginning of the games?
Answer: Punishments included being beaten, fined, or excluded from the
games.
Question: How, when and where were the winners crowned?
Answer: There is conflicting data dealing with when the wreaths were presented to the athletes and where the ceremonies took place. One version states that the athletes were crowned immediately following their contest, similar to medal ceremonies in the modern games. Another version is that after the contest, the victor was given a ribbon to be tied around their head. This would be a temporary prize until the end of the games, when the winners would all be awarded at the same ceremony in the Temple of Zeus. (Swaddling, 1984) Swaddling, J. (1984). The ancient Olympic Games. Austin: University of Texas Press
Question: Did the torch exist in that time?
Answer: Yes. Lamps and torches provided most of the night lighting. For
outdoor activities at night torches and bonfires were the major artificial
source of light.
Question: How were the games in the pentathlon played?
Answer: In ancient Greece the pentathlon consisted of javelin, discus,
running, jumping, and wrestling, but know one knows what a competitor did to
win.
Question: I'm doing a research paper on Ancient Olympics and I used your site what am I supposed to put for my bibliography card?
Answer: Frederick John Kluth, Open Space Gallery, 612 N. Mantua St., Kent
Oh, 44240, 330-676-1999. More information is available on the Menu page.
Question: In what ways did the orignal Olympic games fulfill the greek ideal of perfection?
Answer: Only the best athletes won the events.
Question: What is an Olympiad?
Answer: The ancient Greeks reckoned dates in terms of of the four year
interval between the Olympic games. This four year interval is the Olympiad.
Question: do u have any pictures of ancient olive branches not from tufts.edu
Answer: What is wrong with Tufts? Eagle with olive branch, Tyre 81 BCE
Question: in the ancient olympics how many times did someone have to win to get a statue in there name?
Answer: There never was a rule about this. In fact they preferred statues
of gods and not athletes.
Question: a famous statue of a greek athlete ?
Answer:
An ancient one: Spartan Female Runner
Edgar Dega did a sculpture of Spartan female athletes: I would like to know what museum owns this sculpture.
Question: Which greek athlete now has a famous statue in his name?
Answer: Apollo Ephebos
Question: How did boxing celebrate an aspect of Greek religion?
Answer: The ancient Greeks thought athletics were suitable activities for
a religious festival. They probably had the idea that the blood shed in
competition was a blood sacrifice.
Question: What punishments did women recieve for watching the Olympic Games?
Answer: They were supposed to be thrown over a cliff but nobody ever was.
Question: how the olympics changed culture and value of greece
Answer: The Olympics did not change the culture and values of the Greeks;
rather they preserved them. They were part of the cultural identity of the
Greeks that helped them to accomplish so much. The hope is the the Olympics
will change our culture and values.
Question: how did the olympics go about?
Answer:
Question: Did the ancient Greeks play in packs or indenpently
Answer: All the ancient Olympic events were individual. The ancient
Spartans did play some team sports.
Question: which olympiad was the pentathlon added in? and ancient athletes competed as _________ not as members of a national team?
Answer: The pentathalon was added in 708 BCE
The contestants were athletes. Athlete is from the Greek word for contestant.
Question: what words were spoken to start ancient olympic games
Answer: The oaths taken on the first day are not known. Races were started
ith a starting gate rather than words.
Question: Did religion play a part in the orgin of the Olympic Games?
Answer: The ancient Olympics started as a religious celebration to honor
Zeus. They continued this way for a thousand years. The Olympics were
stopped when the Emperor decreed an end to all pagan religious celebrations.
Question: How did the atheletes train for the Olmpics?
Answer: " Every athlete participating in the games had to arrive in Elis at least one month prior to the start of the games and remain in Elis to train under the watchful eye of the Elean judges until the games began. Unlike in the modern games, in which Olympic trials determine who competes in Olympic competition, the month prior to the start of the ancient games served as a weeding-out period in which the judges selected who would and would not participate, based on each aspirant’s level of training. During this period, the judges also divided athletes into age groups." Reference
"We have graphic record of the training from vases. The athletes started training as children and competed between the ages of 16 and 24. The athlete trained under the guidance of an older trainer. The trainer was considered very important. The trainer accompanied the athlete to the games and oversaw all preparations for the games. There are also indications that the trainers were also present at the awarding of the prizes." reference
Question: How do acient games compare wtih modern Olympics in regards to purpose, events, prestige and awards?
Answer: The Ancient Games were a religious event. The events were all
individual competitions; there were no team events. There was enormous
prestige involved. At the games only wreaths were awarded, but when the
athletes arrived home they received more valuable prizes.
Question: What do the five rings mean?
Answer: According to most accounts, the rings were adopted by Baron Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the modern Olympic Movement) in 1913 after he saw a similar design on an artifact from ancient Greece. The five rings represent the five major regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Every national flag in the world includes at least one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, black, green, and red. It is important to emphasize that Pierre de Coubertin never said nor wrote that the colors of the rings were linked with the different continents
Question: why were the women not allowed to see the men? Was it forbidden?
Answer: It was a religious festival for men only. Women had their own
festivals. And there were festivals for both sexes.
Question: Why was Demeter allowed to watch the Olympic games?
Answer: Mortal laws and rules only apply to mortals. Immortals are subject
to divine laws only. Zeus, Styx, Themis, Dike, and the Fates are responsible
for divine law.
Question: Did woman have to compete in nude?
Answer: Not in the Olympics. But they did have to at Sparta.
Question: were women athletes well respected in the acient olympics
Answer: They were not respected at all.
Question: Did woman rasal and if did they do it naked
Answer: Women could not participate in the Olympics. Some probably snuck
in clothed to hide their sex. Women had their own festival, the Heraea, where
the raced in tunics. But the Spartan girls raced naked in front of the boys.
Question: are there any sports that we don't play now
Answer: Yes, several.
Question: who was the first women ever to win an event in the ancient olympics??
Answer: The only events women ever entered were horse racing and this is
because the owner entered but did not race. Cynisca was the first woman
breeder of horses and the first woman champion. She was a wealthy Spartan
who lived in the fourth century BCE.
Question: How long were the whole olympic games ?
Answer: In the beginning they were just one day but they stretched out to as
long as five days.
Question: How many games were played in the ancient greek olympics?
Answer: There were 23 different events.
Question: why werent the women nude? and did they allow men spectators? if not why ?
Answer: There is only one reference to the Heraea about the women's races
and it does not give these details. But at Sparta the women performed their
athletics in the nude and the young men were encouraged to be spectators.
Question: whatdoes BCE mean
Answer: Before the Common Era and refers to years before O in the current
calendar.
Question: I was told that the five rings created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin were created from an artifact that he saw from the original olympic games (this from the US Olympic Web Site). Is this true, and if so, what did the original symbol look like? Second, you mentioned a full armour race, how much weight would you estimate full armour to be, dependent upon the city-state? Last, you mentioned that fencing was not an original olympic sport, but was rather started in the 1894 olympics. Was there a similar olympic sport that would simulate combat?
Answer: For his design, Pier de Coubertin the founder of the modern Olympics, chose a five-ring symbol that came from an altar-stone discovered at Delphi, Greece
The Paris congress in 1914 was so taken with the design that they adopted it as the official flag of the Olympic movement, and it made its debut at the 1920 games in Antwerp, Belgium.
Check out: "Five Golden Rings" Matthew 17:1-9. There is also
Miyamoto Mushashi, A Book of Five Rings. Things of five. I cannot identify the artefact.
Information about details of ancient events is very sketchy. My guess would
be 50 pounds. The ancient sport that best simulated combat was pancratic
wrestling, but it should be noted that many of the events were combat related.
Question: why did the greeks use goats?
Answer: Raising of goats was very suited to the terrain and climate of
Greece.
Question: what was the relationship of the humans to their ancient greek gods
Answer: This is the subject of the works of Homer, Hesiod, and many other
ancient Greeks authors. The ancient Greeks though they lived in a world that
the gods had control of. When they needed some control of the world they
turned to the gods to try to influence them. If they were successful the
world became a little easier to live in. In general their worship was a
way of getting the gods to do them favors
Question: When was Hercules born?
Answer: He was in the same generation as Agamemnon, Helen, and Theseus but
died before the Trojan way.
Question: Why wernt woman aloud to exit the house?
Answer: Women were safer in their homes and did not want to go out. It
was a matter of custom and not law. Higher class women stayed in their homes.
Lower class women were more likely to go out.
Question: Who was Orsippus?
Answer: Click here
Question: Are there any vases of female athletes?
Answer:
Question: *PICTURE OF ATHELETES DOING EVENTS*
Answer:
Question: what is 1.200grd
Answer: Prices are in Greek Drachmas - $1 = about GRD 393.
1.200 grd = $3.05
Question: How would you describe the "Olympic truce"?
Answer: Click here
Question: why didn't women go agaisnt men
Answer: The ancient Greeks put men and women in separate worlds. This was a
separation that both sexes accepted.
Question: how were acient coins made?
Answer: Coins have always been mad in the same way. Two round dies are made
each for one side of the coin. Both round dies fit snugly into a hole in a
plate. The hole is the diameter of the finished coin. A blank piece of soft
metal is placed betwee the dies and surrounded by the hole. The dies are
then pounded with a heavy hammer.
Question: Did the women play any role at all in the Ancient Greek Olympics?
Answer: They honored the heroes.
Question: When you say 4th century BCE, do you mean 300BCE or 500BCE?
Answer: 300-399 BCE.
Question: were there ever women that were in the olimpics instead of a man
doing a men's job?
Answer:
Question: Were the Olympics important to Greek lives.
Answer: Yes.
Question: What is discis
Answer: Discus
Question: what were the beleifs of the ancient greek?
Answer: The ancient Greeks were intelligent, motivated, educated, and
literary and as a result held many beliefs, and many of these are worthy of
study today. All of them cannot be listed here but I can list a sample:
Question: why they built the stutue of zues to represent the olympic, how
the statue of olympic is selected to become the seven wonder of the ancient
world.
Answer: Olympia was a district sacred to Zeus and the Olympic festival was
sacred to Zeus. The ancients thought a grand statue of Zeus would be pleasing
to Zeus and would influence him to favor Greece in his actions.
The first reference to the idea of wonders of the world is found
in History of Herodotus as long ago as the 5th century BC. Callimachus of
Cyrene (305BC-240BC), Chief Librarian of the Alexandria Mouseion, wrote "A
Collection of Wonders around the World" but only the title remains to us. The
work was destroyed with the Library of Alexandria. A definitive list was
not produced until the Middle Ages.
Question: why arent women nude?
Answer: Women were nude. Atalanta raced nude and the women of Sparta
performed in the nude. The women had their own event, the Heraea, but they
raced in tunics there.
Question: What prizes did the Olympic victors get for Discus?
Answer: The prize was called the "Athlon" and was a head-wreath of cotinus,
that is to say a branch of wild olive that was growing next to the
opisthodomus of the temple of Zeus in the sacred Altis. Only the best
performer received the wreath. Often other prizes awaited them when they got
home. Question: what is the schedule for the ancient greek olympics? Answer: Games lasted five days and that the first and the last were devoted
to rituals and to sacrifices, then the three days in between remained for the
contests. First Day: Ceremonies and sacrifices of inauguration. The contest of the trumpeters. Second Day: The contests for youths, with the following order: Stadium length sprint, wrestling, boxing, pentathlon (but we said that this took place only once during the 37th Olympiad), the pankration and the horse race (though such an event did not exist). Third Day: Events for men with the following order: The stadium length sprint, the diaulos, the dolichos, wrestling, boxing, pankration. Fourth Day: The equestrian events, the pentathlon, the hoplite race. Fifth Day: Sacrifices, the contest for the Heralds. Question: Were there any controversies about the ancient game? Answer: Many. Question: what are the rules for wrestling Answer: We know hardly any of the rules for any of the sports. Question: what has kept the olympics going Answer: For 1000 years it was a religious festival for the ancient Greeks.
It was stopped by a Roman emperor because it was a pagan religious festival.
But in the 19th century it was started again when its universality was
recognized. It was hoped that it would be a force for world peace and
understanding. But in the 20th century two world wars were fought. It is
possible that the Olympics helped but the hope now is to reduce wars in the
future. Only the next 98 years will tell if the 21st century will be better
than the 20th. The Olympics were more helpful for the ancient Greeks than
they have been to us so far. Question: were there other contestss like the olympics Answer: Yes there were. The Heraea was held at Olympia and was for women
runners. The Panathenea was held at Athens. There were also festivals at
Nemea, Delphi, and Isthmia. These last three formed a cycle with Olympia
so there were games every year. Question: Who were the Olympic judges? Answer: Click here Question: was there a penalty at the ollympic games for cheating Answer: Yes, the judged assured that penalties were issued for cheating.
The penalty varied with the severity of the cheating. Switching, exclusions,
and fines were possibilities. Question: What is a hippodrome? Answer: A hippodrome is a stadium where horses are raced. Usually it is
larger than the stadium for human racing. Question: When were medals first used as prizes in the Olimpics Answer: Medals were never used in the ancient olympics. Question: who were the first three women to enter in the olympic games Answer: I only know of two: Cynisca and Euryleon. Question: where may I found art work depicting woman athletes in ancient
greek? Answer: Here is what I have found:
Question: What kinds of cheating took place and what were the punishments? Answer: We really do not know what the rules were so it is hard to know
the kind of cheating. Punishments included switching, fines, and exclusion. Question: how were the Hellenodikai chosen? and what preperations were made and also who were the heralds? the importance of the games began with the leadership of sparta in the peloponnes? can u please give me info about that? Question: Were the athletes forced to compete? Answer: Not at all. These were religious events and it was an honor to
compete. Ancient Greeks participated in athletic events spontaneously. But
there may have been events in the Minoan civilization where there was forced
competition. Seven boys and seven girls were sent as sacrifice victims from
Athens to Knossos where they were to be fed to the Minotaur. This is often
interpreted as meaning that they were put into a bull ring with a bull. They
lept out of the way of the bull until they were eventually gored and became
sacrifice victims. Theseus went as one of the boys and was able to destroy
the Minotaur. This is interpreted as meaning that through his might he
was able to destroy the practice. Question: I have to do coursework on the Olympian view of the Games, can
you tell me the main facts I need to know, events, clothing, reasons,etc. Answer: Mt. Olympus is in the far north of Greece near the Aegean sea.
Olympia is in the west of the Peloponnese. Mt. Olympus is the home of the
Olympian Gods while Olympia is a religious district and site of the games
dedicated to Zeus. The Olympian view of the games could be interpreted as
what the Olympian gods saw. The ancient Greeks did, indeed, think the gods
looked down from Olympus and saw the games. And they believed that the gods
and goddesses liked what they saw. The primary motive of the games was the
favor of the gods and goddesses in this way. The divinities were believed
to attend the games in person but they were disguised. They would not appear
in all their radience, but would appear as a participant or a spectator. That
the participants were nude men was not a problem even for a goddess who could
appear even in this guise. The divinities were also believed to spectate in
the guise of birds who would fly over the events. Even the divinities who
did not attend the events knew of the results because of the perfect knowledge
of the divinities. Question: If the athletes competed one year would they be forced to compete
four years later? Answer: No. Question: Answer: Question: Can you give me more infomation on the womens version of the
Olympic Games, where, when,why,etc. Answer: Click here Question: What would be going through a female athletes mind when she was
competing in the games? Answer: Ancient Athletes were extremely competitive and so competing would
be all that was on their mind. Atheletics are relaxing because you forget
everything else. And the ancients, being competitive in everything else, had
much to forget about. Question: Which Gods were supposed to watch over the athletes? Answer: Atheletic competition was as much of a religious ritual as prayer
or sacrifice. All the deities were worshipped in this way. Each festival
was dedicated to one or more deities who were to take an interest in the events
of that festival. Nike, of course, was interested in all the athletic
competitions. Question: was there an olyppic symbol? like the rings that we have now Answer: The symbol that represents the idea that life and death are connected is the sacred Olympic Flame. Every four years when the ancient Olympic games were held, the Olympic Flame was lit symbolizing the re-birth of the spirit of the dead heroes and burned endlessly during the events held.
reference Question: What did the Heraen Games' stadium look like and where was it? Answer: The maiden athletes competed in the Olympic stadium itself, although
"the course of the stadium is shortened for them by about one-sixth of its
length" (Pausanias, 5.16.3). Question: What equipment did the women who competed in the foot races use? Answer: At Sparta girls raced in he nude, while at Olympia they raced in
tunics. Question: Can you tell me what years the Womens Olympic Games (foot races)
were? Answer: Within the time frame of the ancient Olympics. Question: How could you recreate the olympic games today? Answer: Impossible. Athletics are no longer a religious activity. Question: what events were held at the nemean games and where can i find a
map of the nemean games. Answer:
The Nemean games were held in July every two years (the second and fourth
year of each Olympiad) in honor of Zeus in the plain of Nemea in Argolis.
The festival was attended by official representatives (theores) and crowds
from all cities of Greece and was preceded by a truce allowing them to travel
safely to the festival. It included two parts : the religious festival with
processions and sacrifices, and the "games" proper, that is, the sports events
and musical contests. The winners would receive a crown of wild celery
and be honored as national heroes in their cities. "They celebrated the Nemean games in his honor; and Adrastus won the horse race, Eteoclus the footrace, Tydeus the boxing match, Amphiaraus the leaping and quoit-throwing match, Laodocus the javelin-throwing match, Polynices the wrestling match, and Parthenopaeus the archery match." Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 3.6.4. Question: What did the greeks where to formal parties and such? Answer: Clean clothes and fine jewelry, unless they were heroes. Heroes
attended such events naked. Question: where women allowed to participate in games of contest of the
ancient world? Answer: Women were allowed to compete in beauty contests, running contests, and horse races. Question: How did Sparta associate with other Greeks, since they were a
landlocked city-state? Answer: Spartan territory extended to the sea even though the main
population centers were landlocked. Sparta maintained a fleet of ships.
State messages were delivered by special runners who ran between the
city-states. They ran naked and did not need roads. They might run 100 miles
in a single day. They were highly regarded and well-paid. Question: how did religion play a role on ancient olympics. Answer: The ancient Olympics were a religious ceremony to honor Zeus. Question: in what setting did most physical activity come into play for
ancient greek women. Answer: Ancient woman were involved in some very demanding work. Carrying
water for the family could be demanding. Washing by hand could be demanding.
Grinding grain could be demanding. On the lighter side festivals could be
strenuous with dancing and footraces. Question: What are the main differences between the Ancient olympics and the
Panathenaic games? Answer: The Olympics and the Panathenaic games were separate festivals
celebrated in similar ways. The Olympics honored Zeus while the Panathenaic
games honored Athena. The Olympics were held in Olympia while the Panathenaic
games were held in Athens. Winners of the Olympics were only awarded wreaths
of olive leaves, while winners at Athens were awarded large quantities of
olive oil. Dancing and music seem to have played an important role at Athens
but not at Olympia. Question: my question is how long did the ancient olimpic games last for? How were the athletes dressed?
What event took place in th hippodrom? How did the event called the marathonrace get its name? How did hitler react to the victories of negro athletes at the berlin games in 1936?
Answer: The Olympic games started as an event that was shorter than a day but letter
swelled out to an event that was about 5days. This was for the spectators.
The participants arrived 1 or two months ahead and trained and purified
themselves until the event. At first the male athletes wore street clothes but later these were removed
and the males performed in the nude. At first it is believed that there
were two races, one for young men and one for young women. The winners were
the the king and queen of the festival and performed fertility rites. Later
the women had there own festival, the Herarea. The women wore a tunic that
left their right breast bare. The Hippodrome held all equestrian events. At Olympia, a full circuit around the Hippodrome was eight stades, or 1,539 meters. The race was run around two turning posts at either
end of the level arena. The Hippodrome was divided lengthwise down the middle by an embolon, a wood or stone partition. The horseback competitions included the keles for full-grown horses, the kalpe for mares, and the race for
foals. The chariot races included the tethrippon for a four-horsed chariot, a quadrigga,
for twelve laps; the apene for two mules pulling a chariot; the synoris for
a two-horse chariot, a bigga, for eight laps; the synoris for two foals pulling a
chariot for three laps; and the tethrippon for four foals pulling a chariot
for eight laps. The marathon race was not run in the ancient Olympics. The Greek City
states depended upon special messengers who would run with messages between
cities. They might run as much as 150 miles in one day between several
cities. Pheidipides ran to Sparta for help with a coming battle and then
back to Athens (150 mi each way). Then he marched to Marathon with the
Athenians, and when the battle against Persia was won he ran back to Athens.
He announced victory and died. The modern race celebrates the courage of
Pheidipides but it is slightly longer than the last leg of his run. Hitler believed in genetics and he thought the Nordic (white) race was
superior. He called the superior race Aryan. The victories by Jessie Owens
(4 gold medals) in the 1936 Olympics refuted his claim. There are many anectodes about how unhappy he was and how he expressed his unhappyness. He then turned to
the military to prove his point. Because of their Prussian military
training the German soldiers were more effective in the field than the
soldiers of other nations. But ultimately the German military was
defeated as well. Hitler thought that the Greeks were Aryan but now we know
that they were from several racial backgrounds. He encouraged his
archeologists to study Crete because he thought the ancient people of Crete,
the Minoans, were Aryan as well. But now we think the Minoans might have
been red men from Africa. The Nordic people of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland never supported Hitler. Perhaps Hitler commited suicide because he could
not stand the idea that the Aryans were not superior. Today the concept of
Aryan is not considered to be useful and it is no longer used. Question: What were the moral and ethical values of physical education in ancient Greece? Answer: Sport and physical education in ancient Greece was a religious and spiritual practice that was undertaken for the glorification of the gods. It seems that the idea of sport competition arose out of the need at a religious festival for the best, or ideal, young persons to personify the god and goddess who would portray the deities during a fertility festival. Whether these young people actually engaged in sexual intercourse is questionable but there is some indication that they did this to help the crops be fertile. Initially a race was held for the young men and young women separately. The winners would be declared the god and goddess(impersonations of the god and goddess) who would then lead a procession, a festival, and a ceremony at an altar and to a field. Essentially this was a marriage ceremony for this pair. Whether they consumated their marriage is a matter of debate. The suggestion is that the first competition at Olympia was of this sort. Later, at Olympia before historic times, this was separated into the Olympic Games for men, and the Herarea for women. Both began as footraces. For women it is important to note that this contest evolved into a classic beauty contest as exemplefied by the judgement of Paris. For men the contest evolved many other skills including wrestling and throwing the discus, and other skills of war, music, poetry and even drama. For women the contests never lead to more than a damatization of the goddess by the victor. But for men the contest lead to drama and the modern theater. Oddly the drama involved men portraying gods, goddesses, men and women while the dramatizations involved only women portraying goddesses. The contests were performed for many deities. The Olympic games were for Zeus and possibly Hera. Zeus was also the god of the Nemean games. Apollo was the god for the Pythian games. Poseidon was the patron of the Isthmian games. Athena was the patroness of the Panathenea. The participation of men and women in the ceremony together was stopped before historic times but the contests continued at various levels of their evolution even during the Roman period and were stopped only when Rome formally accepted Christianity during the reign of Constantine. All sorts of religious festivals in ancient Greece including funerals involved athletic contests. During the classical period the activities of the Gymnasium appeared to prepare the individual for the moral life by preparing that individual for the contests during religious ceremonies. It was the connection to religious ceremonies that provided a certain passion to these activities. Advertisement: If you click above and follow the links to a purchase then this site
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