founding of the the Olympic games

Question 1

Who are the two people who are thought to have founded the Olympics?

Answer 1

Heracles and Pelops

Question 2

During which one of Heracles labours was the Olympic games founded?

Answer 2

the 5th labour (the Augean stables)

Question 3

What happened after Heracles completed the labour, which founded the Olympic games?

Answer 3

Augeas did not pay Heracles what he had promised to pay him

Question 4

How did Heracles react to Augeas after the promise was broken?

Answer 4

he waited after completing all his labours and waged war on Augeas

Question 5

Where did Heracles wage war on Augeas?

Answer 5

in Elis

Question 6

Which city did Augeas and Heracles fought each other?

Answer 6

Olypmia

Question 7

Who won the war between Heracles and Augeas?

Answer 7

Heracles won the battle

Question 8

Why did Heracles create the Olympic games?

Answer 8

to celebrate and honour his father (Zeus) for winning the battle

Question 9

How long was the stadium track length?

Answer 9

192.7 meters

Question 10

What is the length of the stadium track aligned to?

Answer 10

one stride of Heracles

Question 11

where are the 12 labours of Heracles depicted?

Answer 11

on the metopes at the temple of Zeus

Question 12

Who was Oinomaos’ daughter

Answer 12

Hippodamia

Question 13

What town was Oinomaos king of?

Answer 13

Pisa

Question 14

What was the oracle that Oinomaos recieved?

Answer 14

that if his daughter got married he would die

Question 15

What did Oinomaos do to try prevent the Oracle from becoming true?

Answer 15

he challenged anyone who wanted to marry his daughter to a chariots race

Question 16

Why
did Oinomaos challenge suitors to a chariots race?

Answer 16

he was very skilled at using chariots

Question 17

What happened to the suitor if they lost the chariots race?

Answer 17

they would be killed

Question 18

What happened to the suitor if they won the chariots race?

Answer 18

they would be allowed to marry Hippodamia

Question 19

What had happened by the time Pelops had attempted to do the race?

Answer 19

Many men had been killed

Question 20

What did Pelops do before he raced the king?

Answer 20

he bribed one of the charioteers into changing the bronze linchpins to wax ones.

Question 21

what is a linchpin?

Answer 21

a nail that would hold a wheel together

Question 22

What happened during the race between Pelops and Oinomaos?

Answer 22

The heat melted the wax linchpin, this threw the king out of his Chariot, Killing him.

Question 23

What happened after the race between Oinomaos and Pelops?

Answer 23

Pelops and Hippodamia get married

Question 24

Why are the Olympics set up by Pelops?

Answer 24

as funerary games in honour of Oinomaos

Question 25

Where is the Myth of Pelops and Oinomaos depicted?

Answer 25

On the east pediment on the Temple of Zeus

Question 26

Why did Greeks not conflict or argue about which myths surrounding the founding of the Olympic games?

Answer 26

-because both are depicted on the temple of Zeus -because Greek religion was flexible and lacked dogma

Question 27

List reasons why the Augean Stables are an appropriate myth for the foundation of the ancient Olympic games. (list 3)

Answer 27

Any of: -Heracles is the son of Zeus and the Olympics were games to please Zeus. -Heracles got justice by killing Augeas and honouring his father in battles -Near by area to Olympia -Games about strength, Perseverance and challenges which are all this Heracles had to experience

Question 28

List reasons why the Augean Stables are an inappropriate myth for the foundation of the ancient Olympic games. (list 2)

Answer 28

-hard to believe Heracles diverted two rivers to clean the stables -a war had to take place for the games to be founded

Question 29

List reasons why the Pelops and Oinomaos myth is an appropriate for the foundation story of the ancient Olympic games. (list 3)

Answer 29

Any of : -Oinomaos was in a race with Pelops, which was a game in the Ancient Olympic games (Chariot racing) -Pelops is Zeus' grandson and both are worshipped at the site -The Olympics acts as a fitting funerary memorial for a great king (Oinomaos) -Cheaters do not prosper, this is proven by Pelops' family being cursed after he cheated in the race

Question 30

List 1 reason why the Pelops myth is an inappropriate for the foundation story of the ancient Olympic games.

Answer 30

There was cheating involved which does not promote good values for a sporting contest