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Originally Posted by pdurrant
The modern olympic games?
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Egad! I thought it might be too easy! Correct!
And the most fascinating thing is that the Greek government initially turned him down - even though he volunteered to build the stadium and pay for everything! The government feared that athletic games would seem primitive to other nations, who would think Greece was simply indulging in a pagan festival - an excuse to party & drink! Well, they were partly right.
