Olympic Games

16 07, 2017

Pelops’ chariot race – Greek mythology

By |2018-04-23T08:13:20-07:00July 16th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Pelops’ chariot race – Greek mythology

Poseidon in love with Pelops (Athens, 400s BC) Pelops was the son of Tantalus, and so he was Zeus' grandson. When Pelops was still young, Tantalus murdered Pelops and served him to [...]

11 06, 2017

Hold your own Olympics – Ancient Greece project

By |2017-06-11T13:43:35-07:00June 11th, 2017|Games, Greeks|Comments Off on Hold your own Olympics – Ancient Greece project

Olympic long jumping with weights to make him go further Competition, for the Greeks, was a way of pleasing the gods. Competition pleased the gods by creating order out of [...]

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