CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a young wrestler Plato competed in the Isthmian Games, an athletic event similar to the Greek Olympics.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ancient Greeks loved competition of all sorts. Each year, the various city-states of Greece sent athletes to festivals of games, which were held to honor the gods. The most important and prestigious were the games held at Olympia to honor Zeus, the king of the gods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ancient games featured many competitions that still take place in the modern Olympics, such as foot races, jumping, discus throwing, javelin throwing, wrestling, the pentathlon (a combination of the previous five events), and boxing.
Detailed explanation-4: -Did you know that Socrates, Pythagoras, Aristotle and even the father of medicine, Hippocrates attended or even participated in the ancient Games and that Plato, another famous philosopher, was a double winner of the pankration? This and more can be discovered in the new section “The Ancient Olympic Games”.