Zeus, hera and the olympic games
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Zeus was the most powerful god in Greek mythology and ruled the sky and thunder. He was married to Hera, the queen of the gods and goddess of marriage. The ancient Olympic games began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece as athletic competitions between city-states and continued until being banned in 393 AD, later inspiring the modern Olympics which began in 1896.
Zeus, hera and the olympic games
- 3. Zeus: the god of sky and thunders; the most important and powerful god, brother of Poseidon and Hades.
- 4.  Zeus’ wife.  Queen of the gods.  The goddess of marrige and fidelity.  Her mother was Rea and her father Crono.
- 6. ï‚— The olympics games of the antiquity were atletic competitions. They were played by people of cities in the states of Greace. They started in 776 b. C. in Olimpia (Greace), and they was celebrated until 393 a. C. Finaly, the emperor Teodosio I prohibited the Olympcs games. ï‚— The Olympics games how we know today, they come of 1896 and they are played every f0ur years. (Except in 1916, 1949, 1944).