The Ancient & Modern Olympics

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Across
  1. 1. _________ were not allowed to compete in the Ancient Games except for equestrian events
  2. 5. Rather than representing countries, Ancient Olympians were proud to represent their ______, such as Athens or Sparta
  3. 7. The Ancient Olympics were held in his honor
  4. 12. The last event of the Games was a race in _____ called the hoplitodromos-- which would have been hot and heavy!
  5. 13. Site of the Ancient Olympic games
  6. 14. The ________ is a symbol of the Olympics-- it travels from Athens to the Olympic site and lights a cauldron
  7. 15. The Ancient and modern games are held every ____ years
Down
  1. 2. The winner of an Ancient Olympic event was crowned with this
  2. 3. Most of the days of the Ancient Olympics ended with a __________ so the athletes and spectators were well fed
  3. 4. Site of the horse races and chariot races
  4. 6. Olympic event with 5 different sports, including running, throwing and jumping events
  5. 8. Running races, wrestling, boxing and pankration were all held at this site
  6. 9. This event is like wrestling and boxing-- no rules except for no gouging of the eyes or biting
  7. 10. This country will be hosting the summer Olympics in 2021
  8. 11. Before the competition started both the athletes and trainers had to take an ___ that they had trained for 10 months & would obey the rules