Why is there an Olympics and why is it called the Olympics?

Ancient Greece was a mythical kingdom with beautiful mythological stories and bizarre folklore that cast a shadow of mystery over the origins of the ancient Olympic Games. There are also many legends about the origins of the ancient Olympic Games, but there are two main origin legends.

First, the ancient Olympic Games were regular sports competitions held to worship Zeus. Another legend is associated with Hercules, the son of Zeus. Hercules was nicknamed "Hercules" because of his power.

He accomplished what ordinary people could not do in the city-state of Elis, and in less than half a day he swept the king's cowshed full of cow dung, but the king did not want to fulfill his promise to give 300 cows, and Hercules drove the king away in a fit of rage. To celebrate the victory, he held a sports day at Olympia.

The most widely told story about the origins of the ancient Olympics is that of Pelops marrying each other. In order to choose a horse for his daughter, the king of Elis, in ancient Greece, proposed that the candidate must race with him in a chariot. In the game, 13 young men died under the king's spear, and the 14th young man was Pelops, the grandson of Zeus and the heart of the princess.

Inspired by love, he bravely accepted the king's challenge and finally outwitted him.

To celebrate this victory, Pelops and the princess held a grand wedding in front of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, at which chariots, gladiatorial fights and other competitions were arranged, which was the original ancient Olympic Games, and Pelops became the legendary founder of the ancient Olympic Games.

Because of the Olympic Games, elite athletes from all over the world can have a stage to show themselves!

From April 6 to 15, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, the capital of Greece, a full 1503 year after the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned the holding of ancient Olympic Games.

From this point of view, it is the ancient Olympic Games.

The Summer Olympics, abbreviated as the Olympic Games, are called the Summer Olympics in order to be different from the Winter Olympics. It is held every 4 years. The Summer Olympics follow the old system of the ancient Olympic Games, regardless of whether the Games are held or not, the number of sessions will be counted accordingly.

From the first Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896 to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, there have been 26 editions. Due to the two world wars, only 23 sessions were actually held.

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The Olympics got their name from the fact that they were held in Olympia.

The ancient Olympic Games, held in 776 BC at the Olympia Bridge in Greece, began as a religious ritual and gradually evolved into a sporting event. The revival of the Olympic Games began in 1896, when the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, with 245 athletes from 14 countries, as a result of the efforts of Olympic patriarch Mill Byran.

Since then, the number of athletes, countries and sports has grown, with more than 10,000 athletes from 199 countries competing at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. It has become the world's largest gathering of Minyouqi, and the spirit of "faster, higher, stronger" proposed by the Olympic Games embodies the spirit of modern people's pursuit of a happy life.

Olympiad Introduction:

The Olympic Games is the world's largest multi-sport event hosted by the International Olympic Committee, held every four years for no more than 16 days, and is the most influential sports event in the world.

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago, and after the ancient Olympic Games were suspended for 1,500 years, the Frenchman Coubertin proposed the modern Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century. The Olympic Committee was established in 1894, and the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896, the first Winter Olympics in 1924, the first Paralympic Games in 1960, the first Winter Paralympic Games in 1976, the first Youth Olympic Games in 2010, and the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012.