Greek Virtual Museum

During my visit at the virtual museum, I learned a great many things about the Olympic Games. The reason behind choosing this topic, is that the Olympic Games continue today, even though they originally started many years ago; it fascinates me that we as human beings have kept the tradition of organized sports and athletic competitions for so long. Before I recant my experience, I would first like to give a little description on the museum that I chose. The website that I used is merely a digital substitution for the actual museum, “The Archaeological Museum of Olympia”. This museum is one of the most important museums in Greece, and it presents the long history of the sanctuary of Zeus, ruler of both gods and men, and where the Olympic Games were born. During my tour, I discovered that the Olympics first began around 776 BC, the Olympics were staged in Olympia Greece until 393 AD, it took 1,503 years for the Olympics to resume again. There are different legends revolving around the origins of the games. One for instance, …show more content…
Then, he became king of a region which he named after himself. Another legend was that Heracles (Hercules), the son of Zeus, had been given twelve tasks to finish. One of these tasks was to clean out the stables of king Augeas. Instead of tackling this problem head on, Heracles had an easier method. He diverted the flow of the river Alpheios so that they ran through the stables and cleaned them out. After accomplishing this he built a precinct in the Altis which formed an enclosure around the existing shrines of Pelops, Zeus and Hera. In honor of Pelops (who had defeated Oinomaos), Heracles then created competitions in gymnastics and athletics, thereby giving birth to the Olympic Games. The last Origin I heard of was the legend that Zeus himself founded the Olympic Games after defeating his father Kronos and having a temple and statue created in honor of