GREEK SPORTS

GREEK INTEREST

• The Greeks' interest shows how much they valued sports
• Their love of many kinds of sports shows that they also cared for physical fitness.

Panathenaic Games

• They included many events like: horse races and chariot races
• Chariot races were when men jumped on and off a chariot
• There were also foot races
• Sometimes men ran with there armor on

COMBAT SPORTS

• The games included boxing and wrestling
• In an event called the pancratium, men were allowed to punch, kick, and even choke one another
• The event ended when one fighter surrendered, lost consciousness, or died.

OLYMPICS

• Another set of games to honor the god Zeus, was played every four years at Olympia. These were called the Olympics
• These games were so meaningful to the Greeks that they would call a truce from all wars so athletes could travel safely to the games