write a short note on history of ancient Olympic
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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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ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴏʟʏᴍᴘɪᴄ ɢᴀᴍᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ꜰᴇꜱᴛɪᴠᴀʟ, ᴏʀ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴢᴇᴜꜱ; ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴏᴏᴛʀᴀᴄᴇ, ᴀ ᴊᴀᴠᴇʟɪɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇꜱᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʀᴇꜱᴛʟɪɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ. ... ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇʟᴅ ɪɴ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴢᴇᴜꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇᴋꜱ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴏʟʏᴍᴘɪᴄꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴅᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ 776 ʙᴄ.
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