The Ancient Olympics

The Olymoics started as a festival honoring the Greek god ________.

• Apollo

• Zeus

• Poseidon

They started in the town of _______.

• Athens

• Rome

• Olympia

The Olympics started in ______ B.C.

• 776

• 1016

• 1716

That became the base for the Greeks earliest _______.

• national day

• summer vacation

• calendar

The event that happened every four years was called _________.

• the Tour de France

• the Olympiads

• the World Cup

__________ fosters excellence.

• Hard-work

• Competition

• Entertainment

In addition to sporting events, there were also contests in singing, music and ________.

• archery

• poetry

• dance

You can learn about the Olympiads by reading classical literacy works.

• True

• False

Homer's "The Iliad" and ________ are two main Greek literary works.

• Virgil's "Aeneid"

• Virgil's and Eden

For the first 13 days, the Greek Olympics featured just one event: _________.

• the 100 yard dash

• the 200 yard dash

• the 300 yard dash