The Meaning Of Greek Myth And The Origin Of Olympic Competition

The naissance of sports has a undeniable chanciness, people were never ready for the chanciness to explain. We need all kinds of theoretical assumptions to fill in the gaps in the history. The study of the article is committed to this. Brilliant ancient civilization of ancient Greece and the direct impact of ancient Olympic games on sport let us trying to understand the eyes of the world, and discussing the significance of sport from it.We must first explain why they are wearing olive branch heads in the athletes, it symbolizes what. With the primitive religion of witchcraft in the inspection, we found that early human extremely concerns the "reproductive magic". This concern began their survival depends things — plants, animals, natural phenomena and the "magic" of human. It was unable to give an explanation for the original human, so they think everything is sacred and magical. Later, people abstract plants--especially trees that have the "reproductive magic"as a God. Then in the ancient Greeks, the reproductive magic of the olive branches became a symbol of God. When more moral significance given to God, recured to the intermediaries of sanctity, the reproductive of animal and plant Infiltrated with the vitality of human. One of the results of Infiltration is this: the olive branch which has the reproductive magic was worn to the most dynamic player's head. Ancient Greeks thinks that the vitality have shown in sporting events is noble and sacred. Sports as a cultural activity which have been given humanistic significance.In the stage of witchcraft, ancient Greeks think the reproductive magic of God will decay over time. And so they killed God regularly, in order to bring about its revival reproductive more exuberant charm. This renewable of God ceremony was presided over and need someone to death and mock God's revival. Running out of the way of selecting the ancient Greeks used a vigorous young people to preside over this ceremony. This is the rudiment of Olympic competition. In the selection of such a reserve, the ancient Greeks found in sports competitions have shown the same spirit of vitality, worship activities will be as fortunate. The ancient Greek god completed the conversion from plant and animal spirits to the human spirit. In this conversion, people will throw their own initiative in God. the ancient Greek gods become very close to people with the Olympus gods. And they inspire the human spirit in the pursuit of their own divinity. To commemorate the Olympic competition will be held for Zeus is one of them. This pursuit of excellence is embodied in the ancient Greeks for the very high regard in various forms to display their own vitality. Sport is a never-ending intensified physical undertake the pursuit of human lives show the vitality unstoppable's impulse.Sports in the Olympic Games have been gradually developing a cultural significance, and ancient Greek city-state system, democracy and the concept of freedom has provided the conditions for the prevalence of sports. Only in a democratic system, the people is equal, and only between those people there will be freedom. Only free people can understand the meaning of self-realization, and the only genuine understanding of self-realization, as a sports and cultural activities will enhance their physical significance of the humanities. The physical activities are endowed with a spirit of the main expression when called sports, and its end in itself, not the means. Only when we refused to understand the perspective of sports from the tools, human vitality in sports can be free discharge.