The+Olympic+Games

The ** Olympic Games ** began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece. The Games were part of a religious festival. The Greek Olympics, thought to have begun in 776 BC, inspired the modern Olympic Games (begun in 1896) The Games were held in honour of ** Zeus **, king of the gods, and were staged every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis. People from all over the Greek world came to watch and take part.

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The olympic games began over 2,800 years ago.  The Games were part of a religious festival.  The Games weren't held in honour of Zeus. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People from all over the world came to watch the games. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Compare.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The difference between the Ancient Olympic Greece and the modern Olympic games is that the ancient games <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: line-through;">was <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">were a religious festival and the modern games are not <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: line-through;">wasn't it <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. The old Olympic games <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: line-through;">was <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">were held in honor of the god Zeus and the modern Olympic <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: line-through;">isn't <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> aren't in honor of the god Zeus. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">