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- 3. The Ancient Olympic Games were ______ and athletic festivals held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus.
- 4. Evangelos Zappas, a wealthy Greek-Romanian philanthropist, first wrote to King Otto of Greece, in 1856, offering to fund a permanent revival of the Olympic Games. Zappas sponsored the first Olympic Games in 1859, which was held in an _____ city square.
- 8. The most widely accepted inception date for the Ancient Olympics is 776 BC; this is based on inscriptions, found at Olympia, listing the winners of a _______ held every four years starting in 776 BC.
- 11. Greek interest in reviving the Olympic Games began with the Greek War of ______ from the Ottoman Empire in 1821.
- 12. The Modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπιακοί Ἀγῶνες), which were held in _____, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.
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- 1. The Ancient Games featured running events, a _____ (consisting of a jumping event, discus and javelin throws, a foot race, and wrestling), boxing, wrestling, pankration, and equestrian events.
- 2. The winners of the events were admired and immortalized in _____ and statues.
- 5. The Games have grown so much that nearly every _____ is now represented.
- 6. During the Ancient Games, all conflicts among the participating city-states were postponed until the Games were finished. This cessation of hostilities was known as the Olympic _____ or truce. This idea is a modern myth because the Greeks never suspended their wars.
- 7. According to legend, it was ______ who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four years.
- 9. These Games featured mainly athletic but also combat sports such as wrestling and the pankration, horse and _____ racing events.
- 10. ______ thousand spectators attended that Games in 1870