The ancient Olympic Games, part of a major religious festival honoring Zeus, the chief Greek god, were the biggest event in their world. They were the scene of political rivalries between people from different parts of the Greek world, and the site of controversies, boasts, public announcements and humiliations.
The Greek Godess of corn (and of all grains) was named Demeter, who was honored at the festival of Thesmosphoria held each Autumn.
It was a religious festival held in honour of the god Zeus.
It was started by the Greeks, as a religious festival in honor of the Greek god Zeus.
Greek theatre - each day of a festival there were five plays performed in honour of the god - three tragedies, a satyr play and a comedy.
Greek Theater originaloly celebrated religious festivals that honored Dionysus
The ancient Olympic Games, part of a major religious festival honoring Zeus, the chief Greek god, were the biggest event in their world. They were the scene of political rivalries between people from different parts of the Greek world, and the site of controversies, boasts, public announcements and humiliations.
Homer descibed it as being held as part of funeral rites in the Ileiad. It was a religious festival that started in 776 BC
The Greek Godess of corn (and of all grains) was named Demeter, who was honored at the festival of Thesmosphoria held each Autumn.
It was a religious festival held in honour of the god Zeus.
they were honored with feasts and ... your mom
It was started by the Greeks, as a religious festival in honor of the Greek god Zeus.
As a religious festival for the god Zeus at his temple at Olympia in Elis in southern Greece.
Greek theatre - each day of a festival there were five plays performed in honour of the god - three tragedies, a satyr play and a comedy.
No. The ancient Olympics were a sports festival but also a religious festival celebrated in Greece by Greeks to honor the Greek gods.
It is upon what we call the Greek myths, which was the religious stories of the Greeks for their gods and goddesses from which all of what we know (Illiad, Oedipus Rex, Festival of Dionysus) comes from.
The Olympics was a religious festival in honor of Zeus. Zeus was the king of the Greek gods.