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Free men from all over the Greek world would participate. These were usually wealthier people, as the games took place during the Greek harvest, so peasants could rarely afford to compete.

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the Ancient Greeks did. The Ancient Greek are the ones who first came up with the Olympics, one of the main sports was Wrestling, along with many other extremely physical activities.

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