The Olympic Games
These athletic competition began approximately 3000 years ago in Ancient Greece.
What were the Olympic games
The Olympic games were held in honor of him.
Who was Zues?
This mythical, ancient Greek monster possess the head of a bull and the body of a man and dwells in the center of a labyrinth.
What is a Minotaur?
This city state, located next to the bosphorus strait is known as a major trade polis and will become essential to the roman empire much later.
What is Byzantium?
What were Pythian, Nemian, Isthmian games?
This was the condition in which men competed during the events
What is nude?
This ancient Greek reptilian water monster has many heads, and for each one cut off, two grew in its place, it also has toxic breath and blood.
What is a Hydra?
This city state, located on the Peloponnesus was known for its exceeding wealth due to trade.
What is Corinth?
The Olympic games were held every four years from:
When was August 6th to September 19th?
These were the most famous event in the ancient games
What are running, jumping, throwing, wrestling, pankriaton, and equestrian events?
This mythical creature has the body of a lion, is the king of beasts, and has the head head and wings of an eagle. It was also the king of birds.
What is a Griffin?
This city state who allied with Sparta and Corinth, ruled over the entire Magna Graecia.
What is Syracuse?
These Olympic games were so important that time was sometimes measure as the length between the beginning and end, this time was known as
What is an Olympiad?
Only citizens meeting these criteria could spectate the games.
What is male or unmarried females?
This mythical creature was a combinations of a multiple animals, it had an upper body of a man and the lower body of a horse.
What is a Centaur?
This waterway, which is still important today, is where king Xerxes built bridges out of boats in order for Persia to cross and launch an assault on Greece.
What is Strait of Dardanelles?
The first recorded Olympic champion was this man, a cook, who won a 192m (630ft) foot race.
Who was Coroebus?
100 of these animals were sacrificed on the third day of competition on the Altar of Zeus.
What are oxen?
Known for its multiple heads (usually three), this ancient Greek dog guards the gate to the underworld in order to stop people from escaping.
What is a Cerberus?
Lying Northwest of Athens, and known as modern day Thíva, this ancient Greek city was the setting of several Greek tragedies including Oedipus Rex.
What is Thebes?