As I was traveling around Olympia I overheard that it is the time of the year for the Olympic games to start. I have always wanted to witness these games because of how popular it is here in Greece and how entertaining it can get. With the information I gathered, I learned that these games started many years ago by the son of Zeus himself, Herakles. The locals credited him for starting these games by devising the running races to celebrate the completion of one of his twelve labors. The games were held in Zeus's honor, which meant they would offer sacrifices and gifts to please Zeus.
Once the games started, the athletes take an oath to obey all the rules of the games by taking this oath in front of a statue of Zeus. The first event I witnessed was chariot racing which was the sport for the wealthy people of Greece. I had witnessed many crashes and unfortunately, not everyone survived the event. Next I witnessed the combat sports, which are mostly boxing, wrestling and a mix of both. There weren't really any rules except for no biting and no going for the eyes. The fights were brutal since there were no rounds and they fought until one would fall. The 3rd event I watched was one of the most popular events, running. It was a pretty straight forward event, the athletes would line up and run about 200 meters and the first one to finish would win.
The last event of the games was just called jumping, they basically were doing the long jump with something extra. The jumpers would hold weights and swing it forward when they jump and backward when they are about to land, which they believed was the way to jump farther. At the end of the games, the athlete who won the most events was crowned with branches of a palm tree to show that he was victorious in the Olympic games, like a badge of victory.

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Primary- “Commentary on the Heroides of Ovid.” Perseus Digital Library. Accessed November 30, 2022. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0061%3Apoem&highlight=olympic%2Cgames.
Secondary- “Olympic Games (Article) | Ancient Greece.” Khan Academy. Khan Academy. Accessed November 30, 2022. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/beginners-guide-greece/a/olympic-games.