Olympics | Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments, Sporting Events, & Host Cities

The Olympic Games were first held in Olympia, Greece, in 776 bce as a religious festival to honor Zeus. The first Olympic Stadium was in an area thought to have been cleared when Zeus hurled down a lightning bolt. When not in use as a stadium for the Games the area (which never contained an actual building) was a wheat field. [1][33][34]

The early games included sports for male athletes only such as pankration (a combination of…