In Ancient Greece, the Olympics were a celebration of the beauty of humans shown through naked body sprinkled with gold dust. Only the strongest, most athletic males competed. The games evoked the perfection of the gods and promoted equal opportunity for any free born greek. The sister of Zeus was the only female allowed in the games themselves. The Olympics started with chariot games, followed by a 200m dash that revealed who was favored by the gods. Other sports included the triple jump, javelin, discus, boxing, sprinting, and wrestling. There were various awards many including olives. The champions were honored in the presence of gods. The Olympic games
In Ancient Rome, gladiators were armed combatants who fought with other gladiators with swords who fight to the death. Most gladiators are usually slaves or brave volunteers who risk their lives for entertainment to the Roman people. The participants honored the gods both before and after the fighting. The fight was played in a large arena seating 10's of thousands of people.
One thing that I did not catch from the videos in which you did was that sport was something of beauty back then. It was not only an event in which people gathered to simply watch these athletes compete, but rather it was a celebration to these people.
ReplyDeleteI was unable to view the first video and apparently missed that the athletes were dusted in gold. It really puts into perspective how important the games were to their culture. Nice job.
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In Ancient Greece the Olympic games were a way to display the creation of the Gods through the human body and its abilities. Whoever won these games would become closest to what a perfect God's creation would be at the time by becoming recognized by the Greeks and most importantly the Gods. On the other hand Gladiator battles were more of an entertainment for the people and royalty. Royalty would send riches to the winners and would choose the fate of the losers.
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