The origin of Olympics
[ 2006-02-24 09:17 ]
| 關(guān)于奧運會的起源，有許多美麗的傳說。有人說是神的首創(chuàng)，有人說是英雄的壯舉。就讓我們一起走入歷史去看看吧！ |
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| The Vase Footrace. Two nude youths are racing
while two men watch. In the center of the scene, the two nude youths
run toward the right. They have fillets around their hair. On either
side stands a cloaked spectator looking toward them. Their chitons
are black and their himations red, they wear little red caps, and
they are clean shaven. |
There are many different stories about the beginning of the Olympics.
One myth says that the guardians of the infant god Zeus held the first
footrace, or that Zeus himself started the Games to celebrate his victory
over his father Cronus for
control of the world.
Another tradition states that after the Greek hero Pelops won a
chariot race against King
Oenomaus to marry Oenomaus's daughter Hippodamia, he established the
Games.Athletic games also were an important part of many religious
festivals from early on in ancient Greek culture.
In the Iliad, the famous warrior Achilles holds
games as part of the funeral services for his best friend Patroclus.
The events in them include a chariot race, a footrace, a discus match,
boxing and wrestling. The footrace was the sole event for the first 13
Olympiads.
Over time, the Greeks added longer footraces, and separate events. The
pentathlon and wrestling events were the first new sports to be added, in
the 18th Olympiad.The Vase Footrace. Two nude youths are racing while two
men watch. In the center of the scene, the two nude youths run toward the
right. They have fillets around their hair. On either side stands a
cloaked spectator looking toward them. Their chitons are black and their
himations red, they wear little red caps, and they are clean
shaven. |
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Cronus: 克羅諾斯，希臘神話中的提坦巨人之一，在被他的兒子宙斯廢黜之前一直統(tǒng)治著宇宙。
chariot: 戰(zhàn)車
Olympiad: the Olympic Games held every four years, the
cycle of four years
（四年周期） |
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