![]() ![]() They continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule, 2nd century BC. ![]() The games were held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies. The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC. They were held in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin. The ancient Olympic Games (Ὀλυμπιακοὶ ἀγῶνες Latin: Olympia, neuter plural: "the Olympics") were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. ![]()
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