Ancient Olympic Games

Ancient athletics were not exactly welcoming to women participants, but there are a few text sources and artistic evidence that a few instances did occur, and were even encouraged. It is evident that women not only did not participate in the Olympic sports, but they were banned from even spectating. This was due to the fact that men competed in the nude as a religious ceremony to honor Zeus, and in history there is a common theme of women not being allowed in order so that it goes well (think…

Why wrestling should stay in the Olympics? Since the 2020 Olympics were coming up the Olympic committee wanted to take the sport of wrestling to be removed from the Olympics but if you think about it what was the sport that began the Olympics and was one of the first sports. Wrestling has been around since the first Olympic games and has always been around. Then only Olympics wrestling has not been in was 1900. In the Olympics there are 180 countries who participate and most of them have at…

Olympian athletes to view before competition. Most scholars believe that the pediments are statements concerning hubris or dike, ethos, and arete. Barringer presents the ideas that the pediments are to inspire the athletes participating in the Olympic games, by displaying positive models about heroism and glory. The sculptures on the temple display three different topics: athletics and warfare, gender roles and premarital rites, and Olympia as a display place of glory. Many of the scenes include…

Olympic Games Essay The Olympics was created in 776 BC and the word Olympics was created from an ancient Olympic game which was in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century to the 4th century. The person who created the Olympics was Baron Pierre de Coubertin who created this idea in 1894 but these games were created in honor of Zeus, king of gods and the rings that you see on an Olympic flag were created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914. Although the ancient Games were staged in Olympia, Greece,…

plummeting head-first down a steep and treacherous ice track on a tiny sled. It is considered the world’s first sliding sport” (“Skeleton”). The current definition, which is widely accepted, brings into question the validity of some olympic events being called olympic sports. The definition also needs to change due to the nature of language, which is that it changes. The current definition of a sport needs to be changed to better capture the essence of what a sport is. According to the English…

Drug abuse amongst athletes dates back to ancient time, there are different layers of drug abuse amongst athletes. Based on my findings in the Ancient Greek Olympics eating mushrooms and drinking a wine/brandy concoction altered your consciousness and enhanced your performance, this was one of the first methods of doping in ancient times. Even back then doping was known to be unethical and identified cheaters were sold into slavery, athletes are now being drug tested to make sure there are no…

ran for the city-state of Syracuse instead of his home city-state of Croton, the city of Croton tore down a monument that had been dedicated to his athletic prowess and confiscated his house for use as a public jail. Sparta was once banned from the Olympics because of a peace treaty violation, but one of their athletes entered the chariot race as a representative of Thebes. Unfortunately, he won the race and during his celebration he inadvertently revealed his true heritage. He was flogged in…

After years of technological advancements, many amputee athletes still continue to face discrimination, and in many cases they have no chance at the opportunity to perform in the Olympics. Many believe that a disability defines one and that these technological advancements make it ethically unfair to perform within the Olympics. However, others can argue that there are very few differences between a non-disabled and an amputee athlete. Ultimately, the controversy is whether or not an amputee…

only 14 years old at the olympics. Olga Korbut was the first gymnast to a backwards aerial somersault on beam. Sadly, her olympic experience didn’t end on a high note. After her chance of gold slipped away Ogla showed emotion, which no other gymnast had done before. Mary Lou Retton won the gold in 1984. It was the first time a female gymnast outside Eastern Europe had won the individual all-around. Dominique Dawes was the first African American to win an individual Olympic…

the way the Olympic games are run. The Olympics games are a series of different sports and events that are held every four years, and alternating every two years between the indoor and outdoor games. However, due to ever changing governments and societies, the Olympic games are no longer what the ancient Greeks intended for them to be. Instead of being a leisurely competition, the changing societies have manipulated the games into over-competitive events in which…