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Who Started The Olympic Games? Why?
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The Olympic games were started in the year 776 BC in the city of Olympia in Greece. There are many stories about the origin of this event. According to the most popular myth, it was created by Heracles. He built a stadium and surrounding buildings in honor of his father Zeus. For details see the link below:
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I believe the Greeks did but I don't no for sure but the weird thing is they would run naked and the women couldn't watch......hahaha
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