explain the ancient olimpic
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴏʟʏᴍᴘɪᴄ ɢᴀᴍᴇs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ғᴇsᴛɪᴠᴀʟ, ᴏʀ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴏғ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴢᴇᴜs; ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴀ ғᴏᴏᴛʀᴀᴄᴇ, ᴀ ᴊᴀᴠᴇʟɪɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇsᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʀᴇsᴛʟɪɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴄʜᴇs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ. ... ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇʟᴅ ɪɴ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ ᴏғ ᴢᴇᴜs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇᴋs ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴏʟʏᴍᴘɪᴄs ɪs ᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴅᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ 776 ʙᴄ.
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The ancient Olympic Games were originally a festival, or celebration, of and for Zeus; events such as a footrace, a javelin contest, and wrestling matches were added later. ... They were held in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin. The first Olympics is traditionally dated to 776 BC.
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