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S4E8 - The Ancient Olympics

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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Greeking Out features original adaptations of classic Greek myths. This week's story features carrying oxen, naked sports and posthumous winds. The ancient Olympic games actually began in Olympia in 776 BCE when Coroibos won a foot race that was 300 feet or 100 meters long. In our world we have LeBron James and Serena Williams at Usain Bolt but back in the day they had Leonidas, Arrikiyan, and Milo just to name a few.

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