Sports+Entertainment
Greek Contribution
Sporting events and Entertainment in Greece
Sporting events like foot races, chariot races, pentathlons, boxing and wrestling. It started in 776 B.C.E to worship the god Zeus.
Then VS Now
Then they had festivals or the Olympics to worship the king of gods Zeus. Now we have added more sports and we do the Olympics to praise someones athletic excellence.
Some of the ancient sports.
Chariot Races
In chariot races greeks use horses and and stand in carts. They race in Circus Maximus. (Oval shaped, streched between two hills, and surrounded by stands.)
Boxing
Boxing is an ancient sport. It was only for boys.
Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is one of the events in a pentathlon. The pentathlon consist of 5 events. Including the long jump, the javelin throw, the discus throw(throwing the discus while rotating the whole body), stadion(running race), and wrestling.