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Greece held the first Olympics. They were held in Olympia in honor of their gods which, lived on Mount Olympus. Only men were allowed to watch the Olympics because only men were in the Olympics and they wore nothing. They were nude.

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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?

my mum


Was the Marathon part of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece?

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There was no Olympic Games outside of Greece before the first one was recorded.


When and where the first ancient Olympics games held?

The ancient Olympic games were held in Olympia, Greece.


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