The Greeks celebrated festivals devoted to sport to…………………
b. In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games were held………………….
c. They honoured Zeus by………………..
d. The impossible task performed by Hercules was………………..
e. The word\phrase in the passage which means “ deathless”
is……………..(immortal, human beings, religious center)
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a, The Greeks believed that their gods were immortal, and more powerful than human beings. They honoured their gods with festivals devoted to sports. The most important of these festivals were the four national festivals
b, Although the ancient Games were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896
c, The Olympic Games were held in Olympia which was an important religious centre in ancient Greece. A magnificent temple was built there in honour of the god, Zeus. He was regarded as the ruler of both gods and men.
d, It was Eurystheus who imposed upon Heracles the famous Labours, later arranged in a cycle of 12, usually as follows: (1) the slaying of the Nemean lion, whose skin he thereafter wore; (2) the slaying of the nine-headed Hydra of Lerna; (3) the capture of the elusive hind (or stag) of Arcadia; (4) the capture of the wild ...
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