The ancient Olympic Games (1)part of a religious festival in honor (2)the Greek god Ze

The ancient Olympic Games （1)part of a religious festival in honor （2)the Greek god Ze

us，the father of all Greek gods and goddesses.The festival and games(3) in Olympia，a religious Sanctuary.

In the ancient games，athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money.In fact the。word“athlete”is an ancient Greek word， (4) “one who competes(5) fl prize”.The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games.The marathon is a modern event that was first (6) in the Olympic Games in l896.It was (7) village called Marathon (8)the Persians (9) by a small Greek army.The news of the victory was brought t0.Athens by a soldier，who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital.26 miles was (10) adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race.

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