According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BC (through it is generally believed that the game had been going on for many years already)....
Confucius was a great thinker and educator in Chinese history. He was the founder of Confucianism and was respectfully referred to as an ancient "sage". His words and life story were recorded in The Analects. An enduring classic of ancient Chinese culture, The Analects has had a great influen...
The ancient period covered at least 12 centuries from 776 BC when the first Olympic Games was held in Greece to AD 339 when the Roman empero Theodotus the Great prohibited the Olympic Games as a pagan activity.People are curious to know when China first took part in the Olympics. Some ...
The Olympics have a rich and deep history,going all the way back to times of Ancient Greece.The first official Ancient Olympics started in 776BCE,and was a competition between the city-states of Ancient Greece.There were many athletic (track,swimming,other endurance tests) and combat sports (...
The Ancient Olympics were held at Olympia, one of the sacred places of the ancient god Zeus. The earliest known record of an Olympic competition is 776BCE but it is thought that some kind of event may have been held for many years before that. ...
【题目】阅读理解The Olympic Games have a long history. In 776 B C. ancient Grecce(古希 ) held the first ancient Olympics. But what the winners received at that time was not medals like today. The winners got olive wreaths(橄榄枝花环)There weren't medals until the list modern Olympic ...
Fact File for Intermediate English students and young learners, about the history of the Olympic Games, from ancient Greece to the modern day events. Part of a free series of online activities for English learners about the Summer Olympic games and other
One thing has not changed about the games -athletes compete in a spiri of fair play.They also their countries at the highest level.Read the lesson and match the questions with the answers.1. When did the Olympics begin?In 1896.2. Where did the ancient Olympics start?In2008.3. When did ...
games that sowed the seeds for the most coveted sporting international event of modern times, the Modern Olympics. The site of the Ancient Olympics is located in the western part of Peloponnese. According to Greek mythology, Peloponnese is the island of Pelops, the founder of the Olympic Games...
Because Emperor Theodosius said so. And for close to 1,500 years the world was void of the Olympics. That was until… I’ll leave you here for now with that cliffhanger. I will say, that despite the obvious differences between the Ancient and Modern Games, the sheer excitement of sport ...