SSAW 5 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Olympia | Zeus, at Olympia, every 4 years |
776BC | first Olympic games |
1896 AD | first modern Olympic games |
Panhellenic | all of greece |
Pierre de Coubertin | archaeologist who discovered and uncovered Olympia "Father of modern olympics" |
Wenlock Olympic Games | Dr. WP Brookes. Yearly since 1850 in Shropshire, England |
Amateurism | without money or prize (payment) |
Professionalism | with money as prize |
Olympic torch and flame | invented by Hitler in 1936 games in Berlin. Ironically, shadowed the countries Hitler would take over. |
Marathon | 25 mile run 1896 games |
Pheidippides | the day courier. Supposedly ran 200 miles to Sparta. Ran 25 miles after battle and died. |
Heracles | Celebrated labor and conflict by establish Oly. in Pisa to honor zeus |
Pelops | assisted by Poseidon in trickery to win chariot race held by Oinomaos of Pisa for Hippodaemia |
Kalos | handsome |
fillets | ribbons - like metals |
courting gifts | rabbits and gamecocks |
pederasty | love (sexual) of young boys |
pedophilia | love (ambiguous) for young children |
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