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1. Ancient Sports: Pentathlon

   Read an overview of this five event sport.

   http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/pentathlon.html

   
   

2. BBC: Ancient Greece Olympics

   Includes a virtual tour of the ancient games.

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/olympics/intro.shtml

   
   

3. Meet Your Fellow Olympians!

   It's around 480 B.C. You are an Olympian contestant, representing your city-state at the Olympic games! Decide how you would behave after reading this info.

   http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html

   
   

4. Olympic Games

   Evolution of these games from ancient times to the present. Discusses the development of the various sports involved, as well as the Special Olympics. From ThinkQuest.

   http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0214546/

   
   

5. Olympic Games of Zeus and Hera

   Brief summary explaining the original games, how they got started, and who competed.

   http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0009:head%3D...

   
   

6. Olympics Through Time

   Take a journey through time and learn about the history of the Olympic Games from ancient times until the First International Olympic Games in 1896.

   http://www.fhw.gr/olympics/ancient/index.html

   
   

7. Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games

   Learn about the original games in Olympia and find out what has, and has not, changed over time. See a model of the Sanctuary of Zeus and a map of ancient Greece too!

   http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html

   
   

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