Where did first olympics take place?

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The first Olympics took place in 776 BC at Olympia in the Greek district of Elis, on the banks of the Pinios River on the Greek penninsula. It was some distance from the urban center of Athens and from other city-states, and most of the time was a sleepy backwater where nothing much happened. This shows the location. http://www.gtp.gr/locpage.asp?id=4347...

The ancient Olympic games were a sacred festival, and all enmities between city-states were suspended for the duration of the games. A sacred truce held sway during the games.

Initially the Games consisted of nothing more than a footrace, but gradually over time other events were added. The events were built around the kinds of things that men might have to do in war: javelin throws, discus, footrace, and the wrestling/fighting matches. At first the games were deemed to be the test of a warrior and there were no specialist athletes, but over time that changed. Athletes began to specialize in events, to the point where the all-around athlete of the type haled as the ideal when the games first started was essentially pushed out of competition by the specialists.

Athletic games were a part of Greek culture even before the Olympics began. Homer cites the funeral games held during the Trojan war, and even then the tradition of having games as part of a religious celebration wasn't new. Games of various sorts were held all over the greater Greek territories by all men of Greek heritage. The Olympics were conceived as a pan-Greek religious festival where people came together to worship and compete.

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G'day Emmi,

Thank you for your question.

The first Olympics are considered took place in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC and continued until 393 AD. However, scholars have estimated that the first Olympics were held as early as 884 BC and as late as 704BC. However, the earliest verifiable Olympics occurred at 776BC.

The modern Olympics were first held in Athens, Greece in 1896.

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