their hair hangs down, a tunic reaches to a little above the knee, and they bare the right shoulder as far as the breast.
A woman's wardrobe for competing
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Every fourth year
coincides with year of Olympics?
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I. The god sits on a throne, and he is made of gold and ivory. On his head lies a garland which is a copy of olive shoots.
The prize for the Olympics was a garland of olive branches
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[5.8.5] After the reign of Oxylus, who also celebrated the games, the Olympic festival was discontinued until the reign of Iphitus. When Iphitus, as I have already related,17 renewed the games, men had by this time forgotten the ancient tradition, the memory of which revived bit by bit, and as it revived they made additions to the games.
When the games started back up again, new events and rules were added to make them more updated and relevant.
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