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History- Every four years when Olympic games occurred, there was the “Olympic truce”. This was an agreement that all the city states agreed on. At this time there was an organized truce between all the cities involved in the games. This was done to give families and people the safety needed to travel long distance to the games. This truce was known as “Ekecheiria”.

Events- Wrestling was the 5th and last event of the Pentathlon. To win, one had to wrestle the opponent to the ground. Different from modern day wrestling where the entire back must be touching, any part of the back can touch to become the victor.

In the discus throw the athlete must through a solid bronze disc. They usually weighed around nine pounds, although varied in size for kids. They took the longest distance out of five throws.

The Javelin like the discus was thrown for length, but in addition there was a second section of it where they threw for accuracy. The Javelin was a lighter longer version of a war spear. The “ekebolon” was the event won by distance. The “stockastikon” was the event based on accuracy.

The winner of the games was depended on winning three out of the five events. The winner of the pentathlon was giving great fame for the rest of his life.