The Games were established by the city-state of Elis, on whose territory the Games were held. The city provided three referees to supervise them. Participation in the Games were restricted to the citizens of Greek city-states.
Male athletes who were Greek citizens.
The olympic games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the Greek gods. He and the other gods lived on Mount Olympus
You had to be 7 or older to compete in the Ancient Greek Olympic games
Women in Ancient Greek were considered inferior to men and did not have the same rights. For that reason they were not allowed to participate in the Olympic games.
Individual entries - had to be a citizen of a Greek city-state.
One fact - there were no ancient Greek Olympic Equestrian Games
They walked
The first ancient Greek Olympic Games took place in 776 BC in Olympia.
The ancient Greeks did different games to our Olympic games
In ancient Greece Olympia was the venue for the games which took their name after this city: The Olympic games. They were not in Athens. The modern Olympic Games are different.
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Nemean, Isthmian and Olympic
The ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, beginning in 776 BCE.
to honour the ancient greek gods
The answer to the question is "THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES"
to honour the ancient greek gods
776 BC in Olympia