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What Were the Ancient Olympics Like?
Biblical Archaeology Review ^
| Thursday, February 8, 2018
| David Gilman Romano
Posted on 02/10/2018 10:22:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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Nestled in a valley bordered by the Alpheus and Kladeus rivers, the ancient sanctuary of Olympia hosted the earliest, and most prestigious, Greek athletic-religious festival. Starting in 776 B.C. as a simple foot race dedicated to Zeus, the quadrennial Olympic games expanded into a five-day festival -- during which 100 bulls were sacrificed to Zeus, and athletic events were contested -- that attracted tens of thousands of people to Olympia from all over the Greek-speaking world. Photo: From Ancient Greece.
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02/10/2018 10:22:11 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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02/10/2018 10:22:47 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
They didn’t have curling....8^(
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02/10/2018 10:24:13 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
No bloodsports featuring sharks with lasers, I can assure you.
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02/10/2018 10:26:10 AM PST
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a fool in paradise
(Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
To: SunkenCiv
What were the stadium skyboxes like?
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02/10/2018 10:27:11 AM PST
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a fool in paradise
(Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
To: SunkenCiv
And...it’s probably in better shape than many of the abandoned “Olympic Villages” around the world.
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02/10/2018 10:31:30 AM PST
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left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: a fool in paradise
Stadium skyboxes?
The view from Mt Olympus was pretty good but very, very exclusive.
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02/10/2018 10:33:18 AM PST
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texas booster
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To: SunkenCiv
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02/10/2018 10:37:51 AM PST
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Monkey Face
(It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm an adult. ~~ FB ~~)
To: SunkenCiv
They did have something like MMA, pankration
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02/10/2018 10:51:50 AM PST
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Mount Athos
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To: SunkenCiv
Herod the Great saved the Olympics in 12BC and was named “President for Life” of the Olympic Games. Wonder if that honorable designation still stands?
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02/10/2018 11:03:32 AM PST
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Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: SunkenCiv
The athletes were a hell of a lot less liberal, I bet.
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02/10/2018 11:14:44 AM PST
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Crucial
To: SunkenCiv
Did they have special sports where chicks competed against only other chicks?
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02/10/2018 11:15:33 AM PST
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Sgt_Schultze
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To: SunkenCiv
Yeah, but how diverse were they? How many people of color or womyn or LGTLPQZFGUNO participated?
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02/10/2018 11:30:38 AM PST
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TopDog2
(Onward Christian soldiers)
To: SunkenCiv
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02/10/2018 11:34:14 AM PST
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sneakers
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02/10/2018 11:38:43 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Sgt_Schultze
“Did they have special sports where chicks competed against only other chicks?”
Maybe not, but the Romans seem to have. Look up “Villa Romana Della Casale” for images of athletic bikini girls of the fourth century A.D.
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02/10/2018 11:40:37 AM PST
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elcid1970
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To: TopDog2
There were actually Heraion games for the married women; also, one of the monuments that survives as ruins at Olympia commemorates one of the aristocratic women of Sparta — she didn’t attend or compete, but bankrolled a chariot team that won twice.
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02/10/2018 11:40:53 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: TopDog2
No ghosts were allowed to compete, only people with color.
No women. That is why they competed naked. To make sure a female competitor did not sneak in.
Lots of homos, bi and guys who had sex with animals.
It was Greece. What did you expect?
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02/10/2018 11:42:08 AM PST
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Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: Sgt_Schultze; elcid1970; TopDog2
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02/10/2018 11:43:29 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: sneakers
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02/10/2018 11:44:18 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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