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introduction

The olympics was held at Olympia in Greece. The olympics started 776 BC and it was every four years.

intro

• To impress the most powerful god Zeus.
• and they loved competitions.

why did they do

the olympics.

Topic 3

who took

part

and watched?

Only men who spoke greek took part. only men and unmarried women could watch.

How many people watched?

about twenty thousand to forty-thousand spectates watched

prizes and events

what events did they do?

They did javelin, discus shot put boxing long jump with weights and loads of other things.

prizes and

events

what prizes did they get

one winner was given a wreath as a prize.

the olive leaves were from a

special olive tree located

behind the

temple of Zeus