but they were probaby established hundteds of years bifore that.At first there was only one competition in the games-a 200 m foot race.The distance was based on a myth about the hero Hercules who was sidf to have run theis distance in one breath.At later Olympics oth...
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2. The Trojan War (1250 BC) The actual existence of the Trojan War has always been ambiguous and debatable. While some scholars take it as a myth, others have found solid proof that it happened. In Greek mythology, the Trojan War is the battle between the people of Troy and the Greeks...