What Is The Time The Women’s Olympic Games Started?

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Most people know that women were all forbidden to participate in the ancient Greek Olympics, but it's beyond imagination that women's Olympic Games was held in this old civilized territory

The ancient Greek women's Olympic Games was also named "Hera Games". Hera was the wife of the king worshiped by all of the ancient Greek gods, the most powerful god of this ancient world, Zeus. According to the record, the founder of the Hera Games established in the six Century BC was Hippodamia, the wife of the ancient Olympic Games' founder Per Ropes. To celebrate the happiness of her marriage, while rewarding the Queen Hera, Hippodamia selected 16 girls out the 16 states to hold the first women's competition in Olympia.

Since then, it gradually became a custom. Like the Olympic Games, "Hera Games" was also held every four years at the end of June or early July at Holy Land in Olympia, the participators were divided into three groups by age. The women's race is the main project of the Hera Games which was shorter than that of men's. The racing distance of the youngest women group was about 32meters.

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... Hera Games will also be awarded a corolla made of the holy olive branches, and get a ritual of beef used for the memorial of the god as it is in the Olympic Games, what's more, he or she can also leave their own portraits at Olympia. According to historical records, "Hera Games" lasted until 146 BC when it was interrupted by the Roman Empire's invasion to Greece, as long as about 450 years.
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