Sports
Todays SportsThe Greeks had many sports. Many of them are either still used today or influenced by the Greeks. One many sports event that the Greeks and us share is the Olympics.
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Olympic FlameLighting the Olympic flame was a tradition from the Greek's to honor the god Zeus. Today, and athlete lights a flame during the opening ceremony.
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PentathlonThe Greeks had five main events called the "pentathlon". The five events were footrace, discus throw, long jump, javelin throw, and wrestling. We still use this concept today.
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