Olympics Began As Tribute To The Departed
The origins of the Olympic Games can be traced to a competitive sport played as tribute to dead rigors. Homer's Iliad mentions that idles held funeral games on the rest of Troy in honour of his male r, Patroclus. Games were also held to berate the killing of a foe. The Pythian news celebrated Apollo's slaying of the none. The Neman games celebrated clues' killing of the Neman lion. There are a number of possible a nation for the practice of funeral ers. First, it honoured the dead rigor by re-enacting his military s. Second, it served as a symbolic matron of life to compensate for the of a warrior. Third, it was an excision of the aggressive impulses that company rage over the death. Perhaps are altrue at the same time. The ritual nature of the ancient eke games and their association with h, war and victory suggests that these were organised ceremonies held to enable a people to come to grips with the eternally present fact of death. It was, after all, a time of high infant mortality, death by diseases that we are now in control of, and it was also a time of almost incessant warfare. Through ritual sport, death was brought under human control The origin of the Olympic Games, according to Greek mythology, is also enmeshed with death, war and victory. The most common story was carved on the walls of the Temple of Zeus at Athens. Challenged young men to a chariot race promising them his daughter Hippodamia's hand in marriage if they won, provided they were willing to be beheaded if they lost. Many young men came hoping to win and marry but they all lost and were killed, for the horses that pulled Oinomaos's chariot were celestial, the horses of Ares, God of War. Pelops defeated him using the horses of Poseidon, God of Sea, and a bit of cheating, getting the royal stable keeper, Myrtle’s, to replace the bronze axle of the royal chariot with one made of wax. During the race, Oinomaos's chariot fell apart, Ionomers died, and Pelops was declared winner. Pelops married Hippomania and instituted the Olympic Games to celebrate his victory and honour the memory of his deceased father-in-law, ionomers, and all Hippodamia's suitors who had died early. By being fair in the game, the athletes honoured Zeus, king of Greek gods, and keeper of the balance of universal justice. Herakles regulated the games Pelops had instituted. During the games Herakles taught men how to wrestle and measured out the stade or the length of the footrace, from which comes the term 'stadium'. Herak les honoured the victors with wreaths made of branches of the wild olive treewhich he had broughtfrom the magicaland of the Hyperboreans. Thename Olympic' was a remindeto all mortals that the first games wherdeath/war/ victory were honoured were organised on Mount Olympus, home of the Greek gods. It was held to mark the death of Cronos and the victory of Zeus over the King of TitansDuring this game Apollo, the Sun God,beat Hermes, the Messenger God in the footrace, and Ares, the War God, in boxing. As a result Apollo, the embodiment of Greek male beauty, became the patron of all sport and the Olympic Games in particular.
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Olympics Began As Tribute To The Departed
The origins of the Olympic Games can be traced to a competitive sport played as tribute to dead rigors. Homer's Iliad mentions that idles held funeral games on the rest of Troy in honour of his male r, Patroclus. Games were also held to berate the killing of a foe. The Pythian news celebrated Apollo's slaying of the none. The Neman games celebrated clues' killing of the Neman lion. There are a number of possible a nation for the practice of funeral ers. First, it honoured the dead rigor by re-enacting his military s. Second, it served as a symbolic matron of life to compensate for the of a warrior. Third, it was an excision of the aggressive impulses that company rage over the death. Perhaps are altrue at the same time. The ritual nature of the ancient eke games and their association with h, war and victory suggests that these were organised ceremonies held to enable a people to come to grips with the eternally present fact of death. It was, after all, a time of high infant mortality, death by diseases that we are now in control of, and it was also a time of almost incessant warfare. Through ritual sport, death was brought under human control The origin of the Olympic Games, according to Greek mythology, is also enmeshed with death, war and victory. The most common story was carved on the walls of the Temple of Zeus at Athens. Challenged young men to a chariot race promising them his daughter Hippodamia's hand in marriage if they won, provided they were willing to be beheaded if they lost. Many young men came hoping to win and marry but they all lost and were killed, for the horses that pulled Oinomaos's chariot were celestial, the horses of Ares, God of War. Pelops defeated him using the horses of Poseidon, God of Sea, and a bit of cheating, getting the royal stable keeper, Myrtle’s, to replace the bronze axle of the royal chariot with one made of wax. During the race, Oinomaos's chariot fell apart, Ionomers died, and Pelops was declared winner. Pelops married Hippomania and instituted the Olympic Games to celebrate his victory and honour the memory of his deceased father-in-law, ionomers, and all Hippodamia's suitors who had died early. By being fair in the game, the athletes honoured Zeus, king of Greek gods, and keeper of the balance of universal justice. Herakles regulated the games Pelops had instituted. During the games Herakles taught men how to wrestle and measured out the stade or the length of the footrace, from which comes the term 'stadium'. Herak les honoured the victors with wreaths made of branches of the wild olive treewhich he had broughtfrom the magicaland of the Hyperboreans. Thename Olympic' was a remindeto all mortals that the first games wherdeath/war/ victory were honoured were organised on Mount Olympus, home of the Greek gods. It was held to mark the death of Cronos and the victory of Zeus over the King of TitansDuring this game Apollo, the Sun God,beat Hermes, the Messenger God in the footrace, and Ares, the War God, in boxing. As a result Apollo, the embodiment of Greek male beauty, became the patron of all sport and the Olympic Games in particular.
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The views expressed in the Article above are Devdutt Pattanaik and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Devdutt Pattanaik and Speaking Tree,Times of India