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Subido el 23 de noviembre de 2020 por Alicia M.

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ah the Olympic Games great aren't they but do you know where the story begins 00:00:00
well once upon a time a long long time ago that's right come on come on yes 00:00:27
hurry up over here in Greece well ancient Greece to be exact but do you 00:00:36
know exactly where they began right here at the foot of the highest mountain in 00:00:43
Greece Mount Olympus this is where the very first Olympic Games were held in 00:00:49
in the ancient world. Now, what are your maths like? Can you work out how long ago the first 00:00:54
games took place? 776 years before the Common Era, Greece was one of the most advanced countries 00:01:00
in the world. Okay, so the men did wear dresses, they called them togas, and they stood around 00:01:09
talking about politics and philosophy and really brainy stuff like that, while the women had to 00:01:15
run the household and look after the children and be bossed around by the men. But the ancient 00:01:21
Greeks were very clever and hard-working, and they invented some fantastically useful and 00:01:27
brilliant things, like central heating, yes, central heating, toasty warm in winter, and showers, 00:01:33
very useful in that hot, sticky summer weather. Now, the Chinese say that they invented the 00:01:40
wheelbarrow but the greeks used them too and they invented a weapon called the crossbow made of wood 00:01:47
which they used in battle and they worked out how to make a crane very good for lifting heavy things 00:01:53
but let's get back to the olympic games and you know where the word olympic comes from don't you 00:02:01
from mount olympus the ancient greeks believed that the 12 olympic gods lived on top of the 00:02:07
mountain. So every year they would gather at the foot of Mount Olympus to ask for special favours 00:02:14
and to say thank you very much and give presents to the gods. Well make that sacrifices that's a 00:02:20
better way of saying it. I don't think anyone would call a dead cow a nice present. To lighten 00:02:26
the mood a bit after all that bloody sacrificing they put on contests and competitions which came 00:02:33
to be known as the Olympic Games. Now, it's not like today. You couldn't watch the games on TV 00:02:39
eating Pringles on the couch. You had to be there. So what games did they play? This is a statue of 00:02:46
a Greek sportsman called Discobolus by the ancient Greek sculptor Myrus. You might have tried throwing 00:02:52
discus yourself, and if you have, you'd be doing exactly what the Greeks did all those years ago 00:02:59
at Mount Olympus. Except they weren't wearing Nike or Puma gear, the ancient Greeks competed 00:03:04
in the nude. Oh yes, they did. But why? Well, the weather is pretty hot in Greece and also because 00:03:10
the Olympic Games celebrated the achievements of the human body and the athletes used olive oil 00:03:18
to keep the skin smooth and make their bodies look sleek and muscly. And who could compete in 00:03:24
these games. No women, I'm afraid. They were busy looking after the children, of course. You had to 00:03:30
be a free man and not a slave, and you had to be able to speak Greek. What sports did they play? 00:03:36
Well, you know about the discus, but things like tennis, hockey, and synchronized swimming hadn't 00:03:43
been invented back then. They had chariot racing competitions. They threw the javelin. There was 00:03:49
boxing, and there was wrestling, and, of course, there were running races. A bit uncomfortable in 00:03:55
the nude, I think. Talking about running, have you heard of the marathon? The very toughest of all 00:04:01
running races. Marathon is a town in Greece about 26 miles from Athens. 490 years before the Common 00:04:08
Era, there was a huge and fierce battle at marathon, and the messenger boy, called Pheidippides, was 00:04:16
given the horrible job of running all the way back to athens to tell everyone the greeks had 00:04:23
won the battle he made it all the way to athens and managed to gasp the greeks have won before 00:04:28
he dropped dead on the ground that's why the race of 26 miles is still called the marathon today 00:04:36
it must have been a dramatic moment because it's caught the imagination of painters throughout 00:04:42
history. Look at this picture. Pheidippides is exhausted. Here's an ancient Greek sportsman 00:04:48
looking at his calendar and wondering when the next Olympics will be. Back then they decided to 00:04:55
hold these games once every four years. This four-year period was known by Greeks as an Olympiad. 00:05:01
They used it in their diaries and calendars to measure time. So the Olympic Games were held for 00:05:08
over a thousand years in ancient Greece until Emperor Theodosius put a stop to them. Why? 00:05:15
Because they weren't Christian and he wanted to make Christianity the big thing. So in 393 AD 00:05:21
they stopped. Now let's spin forward more than 1500 years and take you from Greece all the way 00:05:28
to Paris in France. Let's meet the hero of our story, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He was a rich 00:05:40
French nobleman who was very interested in education. When he was a young man he went to 00:05:47
England to visit a boys school called rugby. It's fantastic the sport makes the boys strong 00:05:53
it gives them the discipline and it makes them healthy and happy it's wonderful. He wanted to 00:06:00
go back to the sporty days of the ancient Olympic contests and put on a competition between different 00:06:07
countries. But first, he had to persuade everyone to agree to his idea. Have you ever tried to 00:06:13
persuade people to sell an idea you've got? It's hard. When he told people about his plan, they 00:06:19
said, it's crazy. It's ridiculous. It will never work. But he didn't give up. And in 1896, more 00:06:25
than 1500 years after the last ancient Greek Games, the first modern Olympic Games was held 00:06:34
back in Greece the country that invented the whole idea have you got any idea why 00:06:41
the Olympic symbol looks like this the five rings represent the five continents 00:06:50
and the colors are in all the national flags that compete the Olympic motto is 00:06:56
sitius fortius altius which is Latin for faster higher stronger 00:07:02
Subido por:
Alicia M.
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23 de noviembre de 2020 - 21:01
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