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Olympics at Olympia
Pythian Games at Delphi
Ithsmtian Games at Corinth
Nemean Games at Nemea |
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200m sprint
Javelin
Discus
Long Jump
Wrestling |
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Coroebus of Elis
He was a cook |
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Inhabitants of Crete
Held athletic events |
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| Island where minoans lived |
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Bronze Age Greeks
1600 BC-1100 BC |
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| Ancient city-state, written about by Homer in the Illiad |
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Epic Poet
first mention of athletic contests in Illiad and Odyessy as Funeral games |
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| Greek word for battle and contest |
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| a Greek City-state, acted as an autonomous nation |
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| Athletic competitions held every 4 years to honor Zeus |
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| Main center of worship for Zeus, site of the Olympic Games |
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main land mass of Greece
Geographically isolated by the Isthmus |
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| City State that controlled the territory where Olympia was |
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| sacred area of Olympia, place where statues to Olympic victors were built |
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2nd century AD traveler who wrote a book on Olympia
Describes Olympia and statue of Zeus |
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| king of Gods and patron of the Olympic Games |
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| arena build around the 200m track |
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chariot race track
Not in the stadium |
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| Legendary Long jumper, supposedly jumped 50 feet |
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| most famous wrestler of antiquity |
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famous athlete with many victories on the circuit games.
Famed for his strength and became almost mythical |
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| a place to practice games and to keep warriors fit for battle |
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| Tryphosa, Hedea, Dionysia |
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3 women who won multiple times at lesser games
were sisters |
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Poet who would write odes to the Olympic victors
Families paid him to do this |
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Held in Delphi
Dedicated to Apollo |
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Held In Corinth
dedicated to Poseidon |
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Held in Nemea
Dedicated to Zeus |
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most important local games
held in athens |
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runner who was sent to sparta to ask for help in defending against Persians
Who the modern marathon myth is based on |
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| Date of First Modern Games |
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| General Festivities, no events |
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Chariot and horse races at the hippodrome
Pentathlon |
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coincided with the full moon
100 oxen sacrificed to Zeus
Boys competitions |
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individual races
body contact events
Race in armor |
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