Sports
Sports has a very old history. The ancient Olympic Games were the first big
sports competitions. The history of the Olympic Games is linked with many myths
referred to in ancient sources, but in the historic years their founder is said to be
Oxylos whose descendant Ifitos later rejuvenated the Games.
According to the tradition, the Olympic Games began in 776 B.C. when Ifitos
made a treaty with Lycourgos the king and famous legislator of Sparta and
Cleisthenes the king of Pissa. In this treaty that was the decisive event for the
development of the sanctuary as a Panhellenic centre, the "sacred truce" was agreed.
That is to say ceasing of fighting in all of the Freek world for as long as the Olympic
Games were on.
The Olympic Games were held, after the completion of four years during the
month of July or August. The time between two competitions was called the
Olympiad. In the beginning the games lasted for only one day and comprised only one
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