... these games was held each year. The Olympic Games, held at Olympia in honour of the god Zeus. The Pythian Games, held at Delphi to celebrate the festival of Apollo. The Isthmian games, in honour of the god Poseidon. The Nemean games, also held in honour of Zeus. This is obviously different to nowadays seeing as they only have a summer and a winter games. Like our Olympics, though, winning athletes were heroes who put their home towns on the map. One young Athenian nobleman defended his political reputation by mentioning how he entered seven chariots in the Olympic chariot-race. This high number of entries made both the aristocrat and Athens look very wealthy and powerful. The main sports that were played in the ancient times were: Boxing: Ancient boxing had fewer rules than the modern sport. Boxers fought without rounds until one man was knocked out, or admitted he ...

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