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__**Entertainment and Fun**__

By Daniel

Games and Toys
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Olympics
====The Olympics were a very popular and a well known event that took place in Greece. Today, the Olympics still carry on every 4 years. During the games were a number of events. Men could enter the events and if won, would bring glory to their city-state, and family. Some events were: ====

====Boxing – Players fought until one said he was beaten or until someone was knocked out. Players were chosen without weight classes, giving larger and stronger people an advantage. ====

====Chariot Racing – In this event, players would hook horses up to their chariots and race around a track. It was 12 laps around the stadium, equivalent to 9 miles. ====

====Discus and Javelin – Discus is the event in which men and boys throw a saucer made of stone. The man who can throw the disc the farthest wins. Javelin is similar to discus. A javelin is a thin piece of wood that is thrown by a man like a spear. The person who can throw the javelin the farthest will win the event. ====

====Running and Wrestling – Running was a popular sport in the games. Runners could run different distances if they chose to. There is a 1 stade race. Stade means stadium, so 1 stade is running the length of a stadium. There was also 2 stade race, and a lot more. Wrestling is also a popular sport in the games. To win, a player must throw the other down correctly to have it be considered a fall. You must have three falls to win the match. Back to top ====







Dancing and Parties
The Greek loved to dance and have parties. Men hosted parties for their friends, but women and children were not allowed to attend. There, men exchanged news, they boasted, and talked between themselves. Dancing was very popular in Greece too. When there is a dance, men and women were not allowed to dance together. The dancing parties were accompanied by musical instruments like wooden blocks or cymbals. Dance in Greece is identified as a war dance or a peace dance. Pyrrihic is dance for martial education for those training to be a warrior. Another dance is Imeneos, a dance for marriage. It is only danced by the bride, and the friends and mother of her. Back to top





**Games and Toys**
Boys and girls in Greece played games similar to games kids play today. They liked to play with rattles and hoops, like today. One game is called Morra. It is played by two players. The players put one fist behind their back, and at a signal they both show a number of fingers. The first player to say the correct number of fingers the other player is showing wins. Another is called Ephedrismos. Two players set a stone upright. From a distance, they throw other stones at it. They player who fails to hit the stone must carry the other player on their back, while the player being carried covers the opponents eyes. The player carrying the other must walk around until they find the stone. Back to top



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Ancient Greek Sports @http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/sports.html Ancient Greek Toys and Games @http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/exhibitions/coa/re_high_games.html Greek Dancing @http://www.annaswebart.com/culture/dancehistory/history/index.html