The Ancient Olympic games brought the polis together for communication and socializing Halted conflict & wars However due to branding of athletes to their specific city states, this created competition and rivalry between city-states Lists were kept of the polis with most victories Athletes would sometimes be hired by cities to represent them (I.e Astylos,…
The event consists of 5 prizes Stadion/ Wrestling- was apart of both the pentathlon & Olympia Discus, Halma (jump) and Akon (javelin throw) The competitor must do well in ALL events to have a chance of being crowned a victor Not sure if discus were standardized (made of bronze (2kg) or sometimes iron), athletes could…
1. They developed the world’s first democracy.2. They were the first people to take the scientific approach to medicine by actually studying the diseases. (Hippocrates)3. Playwrights wrote and produced the first dramas in outdoor theaters. (Euripides & Sophocles)4. They invented the rules of Geometry as well as other mathematics. (Euclid)5. They developed the art of…