A. what do you know about the olympic games in ancient greece? read the text to check yourselves. ancient olympics probably the greatest honour1 that can come to an athlete is to win gold at the olympic games. but did you know that the idea of having olym¬pic games is more than 2,500 years old? a greek legend says that it was hercules ['h3: kjuli: z], son of zeus [zju: s], who started olympic games. the earliest olympic records ['rekdidz] we know about go back to the year 776 вс. the greeks had the games once in every four years for more than 1,000 years, until the romans stopped them in 394 ad. the ancient greeks believed the games so important that they measured2 time by them. they called the four years an olympiad. the games were an example of the greek idea that people should develop their bodies as well as brains. nothing was serious enough to stand in the way of the games. if a war was going on in the country, they stopped the war, not the games. the ancient olympics had only one athletic competition — a running race of about 183 metres (the length of the stadium). only men could take part in the games. the powerful spartans changed the programme and included more sports in it. the winners of the games became he¬roes ['hrarsuz] in the country. b. read the text again and make up questions to match the answers. answers 5) to develop their bodies 6) it was a running race, 7) no, they didn't. -\? . 8) the winners did. 1) more than 2,500 years old. 2) in ancient greece. 3) every four years. 4) the romans did.
2. Where did the Olympic Games start?
3. How often were the Games held?
4. Who stopped the Games in 394 AD?
5. What was the Greek idea behind the Games?
6. What was the only athletic competition in the Ancient Olympics?
7. Did women take part in the Games?
8. Who became heroes in the country?