independence.
Read carefully the passage given below and answer the questions
that follows :
25) The Olympic Games were the most famous of the four great national
festivals of the ancient Greeks, the other three being the Isthmian Games,
the Pythian Games and the Nemean Games. The ancient Olympic Games
were celebrated in summer after every four years, in the sanctuary of God
Zeus at Olympia. The history of the games dates from 776 B.C.
Early in the year of the Games, envoys were sent throughout the Greek
world to invite the city-states to join in paying tribute to Zeus. The City-
states then dispatched groups to compete with one another in the
proficiency of their athletic feats. The competitions were open only to
honourable men of Greek descent.
Questions:
a) What were the four national festivals of ancient Greeks ?
b) Why were envoys sent throughout Greek ?
c) For whom were the competitions open ?
d) Find synonyms from the passage :
i) skill
ii) send off
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