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They were a four-yearly religious festival started in 776 BCE to honour the god Zeus. They were held at Olympia in southern Greece. After a thousand years, they had become so commercialised ad politicised, the Romans, by this stage in control of the Greek world, closed them down.
They were resurrected in the modern era as a straight athletics/sporting competition by other European countries in 1896, and have continued every four years in different countries around the world.
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Who was responsible for the ancient Greece Olympic games?
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Was the Marathon part of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece?
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Where were the first ancient Olympic games held outside of Greece?
There was no Olympic Games outside of Greece before the first one was recorded.
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The ancient Olympic games were held in Olympia, Greece.
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