Athletics in Pre-Olympic Greece
Author(s): CHEN Si-wei
Pages: 1-7
Year: 2016 Issue: 2
Journal: Sports Sciences Researches
Keyword: pre-Olympic; athletics category; characteristics; impacts;
Abstract: Athletic competitions in pre?Olympic times were the direct source of ancient Olympics. Literature and archaeological material, which demonstrate that there were sports for recreation besides funeral and sacrifice ones, and recreational sports were becoming more and more important with the days elapsing. Compared with athletics in other areas, the ones in pre?Olym?pic Greece were humanistic, and the athletes and audience interacted with each other in it. In the respects of events and pri?zes, they laid a solid foundation for the sports in classical Greece.
Pages: 1-7
Year: 2016 Issue: 2
Journal: Sports Sciences Researches
Keyword: pre-Olympic; athletics category; characteristics; impacts;
Abstract: Athletic competitions in pre?Olympic times were the direct source of ancient Olympics. Literature and archaeological material, which demonstrate that there were sports for recreation besides funeral and sacrifice ones, and recreational sports were becoming more and more important with the days elapsing. Compared with athletics in other areas, the ones in pre?Olym?pic Greece were humanistic, and the athletes and audience interacted with each other in it. In the respects of events and pri?zes, they laid a solid foundation for the sports in classical Greece.
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