The Ancient Greece Created The Women’s Olympics

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As we all know that the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity didn't allow women to participate in, but surprisingly, there were women's Olympic Games in ancient Greece

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.

After that, it became an important custom. The "Hera Games" was also organized for once every four years at Holy Land in Olympia at the end of June and the beginning of July by the age of the competitors in three groups. 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.

The winner of the 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. As the record described, it was not until the Roman Empire invaded Greece that the Hera Games was ended with a history of about 146 years.
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