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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called
A
Goodwill Games
B
Marathons
C
Olympics
D
Triathlons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Zeus was considered the most important of all the Olympic gods. He was originally worshipped as a god of meteorological change. He quickly became the god of fertility however, and was worshipped as Zeus the “infernal” (hthonios) or “farmer” (georgos).

Detailed explanation-2: -The ancient Olympic Games ( ; Latin: Olympia, neuter plural: “the Olympics") were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Olympics Begin in Ancient Greece The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a religious festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location at Olympia, a sacred site located near the western coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.

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