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What type of sports did the ancient Greeks have at the Olympics and what equipment?
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How are your Olympics and the ancient Greeks similar?
They both involve sports
How did the ancient Greeks form the Olympics?
Well, the Greeks loved competitions. So they made up a game called the Olympics, which modernized to the sports we have today. The Olympics were not the only competition in Ancient Greece, but the most popular.
For the ancient Olympics was the Olympic Torch carried around different countries?
No. The ancient Olympics were a sports festival but also a religious festival celebrated in Greece by Greeks to honor the Greek gods.
Did ancient Greece invent the Olympics?
Yes, the Greeks invented the Olympics and held tornaments in Olympus. Sports like archery, javelin throwing, wrestling. BTW they did it naked.
What sports did the Ancient Greeks create?
Well I know for a fact that they invented the competitions of the Ancient Olympics, and I have also heard they have invented boxing?
How are the ancient Greeks Olympics different form the modern Olympics of today?
Many of the sports that are in today weren`t included and some were eliminated today like pankration for example.
Did Greeks found the sports event of the Olympics?
Yes.
What indoor sports games did the ancient Greeks play?
The played the olympic games, every 4 years that is how the Olympics started from the wonderful Greeks!
Did Rome have better sports than Greeks?
Roman and Greek sport would of been very similar however Ancient Greece can claim the Olympics so in that respect the Greeks had the greater sports but only in terms of competition scale
What sports did they have in the first modern Olympics?
The same as they had in the ancient olympics
Which three sports did the Greeks invent first for the Olympics?
They played standard sports.
What are the sports in the modern Olympics that weren't in the Ancient Olympics?
high jump
