The ancient origins of the Olympic Games

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The Olympic Games began as part of a religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus.

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In which country did the Olympics begin?

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Apart from sports contests, which other types of contests were held in the ancient Olympic games?

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Which was the sporting event held over the first thirteen editions of the Olympics?

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Who was the very first Olympic champion in 776 BC?

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Who started the greek tradition to compete nude?

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The first modern Olympic games were held in...

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The modern Olympic Games were reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being ... by Roman Emperor Theodosius I

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What does the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius mean?

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Thousands of years in the making, what began as part of a ...           festival honoring the Greek god Zeus in the rural Greek town of Olympia has today become the greatest ...      of sporting excellence on Earth. The inception date in 776 BC became the basis for the Greek's earliest calendar, where time was marked in four-year increments called ...           .

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In addition to sporting events, ...          were held for music, singing, and poetry. You can read about them all in classical literary works, like Homer's "Iliad" and Virgil's "Aeneid."

The Ancient Greek Olympics featured just one ...       , the two hundred-yard dash. But over time, new exciting contests, like boxing, chariot and mule racing, and even a footrace where the competitors wore a full suit of armor enticed many hopeful ...           into the Olympic stadium.

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 In 391 AD, the Christian Roman ...         Theodosius banned pagan practices. But 1500 years later in 1896, the modern Olympic games kicked off in Athens, ...        .
Today, the Summer and Winter ...          bring international world-class athletes together by the thousands, uniting fans by the billions for the world's foremost sporting competition.