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the gift from the Greeks
Title: the gift from the Greeks
Category: History
Details: Words: 565 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
the gift from the Greeks
The Gift from the Greeks
The first Olympic Games were held at Olympia, in the Peloponnes. The most famous are the games that were held in Olympia in honor of Zeus every four years from August 6th to September 19th. Olympics have been a symbol of the camaraderie and harmony possible on a global scale. The gathering of athletic representatives from participating governments, even throughout the recent Cold War period, is proof that world unity …showed first 75 words of 565 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 565 total…that time, it has been held every four years, in accordance with tradition, being interrupted only for the two world wars. The competition of the nations in these events represents the age old competitive spirit of man. The need for people to take pride in something larger than themselves and feel as if they are part of a greater good. The Olympics, today as well as 3,000 years ago, offers a non-combative environment to do so.
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