Olimpiade Kuno

Olimpiade Kuno awalnya adalah sebuah perayaan atau selebrasi untuk Zeus. Kemudian, lomba-lomba seperti balap lari, lompat jauh, lempar lembing, dan adu gulat ditambahkan. Permainan Olimpiade (bahasa Yunani Kuno: Ὀλύμπια, Olympia,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] "Olimpiade"; juga Ὀλυμπιάς, Olympias,^[7]^[4]^[5]^[6] "Olimpiad") adalah serangkaian kompetisi atletik di antara para perwakilan kota-negara dan salah satu Permainan Panhallenik dari Yunani kuno. Acara tersebut diadakan untuk menghormati Zeus. Olimpiade pertama dikatakan diadakan pada 776 SM.^[8] Acara tersebut masih diadakan saat Yunani berada di bawah kekuasaan Romawi, sampai kaisar Theodosius I menekan acara tersebut pada 393 M sebagai bagian kampanye pengangkatan Kristen sebagai agama negara Romawi. Pertandingan tersebut diadakan setiap empat tahun, atau olympiad, yang menjadi unit waktu dalam kronologi sejarah.

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