Exploration Of The Reasons For The Rise And Fall Of Ancient Greece Olympics

The ancient Olympics was born in ancient Greece. According to written records, from the beginning of the first organized in 776 BC, once every four years, to the year 394 when they were banned by the Roman emperor Theodosius, the ancient Olympics, totally held 293 times, had a history of 1168 years. In the form of worship, the ancient Olympics, with abundant contents and diverse forms, was a comprehensive nation-wide sports event and an important part of the ancient Greek civilization. As a product of the ancient Greek national spirit, the ancient Olympics was a manifestation of the mutual communication between the ancient Greek race and the gods, as well as a means of unity in the history of more than 1000 years of the Greek race. The rise and decline of the ancient Olympics was related to many factors of Greek society. The ancient Olympics and the stories of the Olympic heroes left abundant spiritual inheritances for human culture and had a far-reaching impact on the development of human history and social culture. Based on the current research results of historiography in ancient Greece, this thesis makes an initial study on the rites, the events of the ancient Olympics, factors leading to the rise and fall of the ancient Olympics, the influence of the Homer epic on the ancient Olympics from the perspective of history of thought.