奧運百寶箱

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Literature competition in the ancient Olympic games

古代奧運會之文藝比賽

Did you know that literature was also one of competitions in the ancientOlympic,Games? Those who participated in this com-petition were poets, writers, speakers and so on and so forth.當時被譽為希臘“歷史之父”的格羅多特宣讀了他的名作《歷史》中的某些章節，歌頌了公元前490年在馬拉松河谷戰役中大敗波斯軍隊的希臘戰士，最終贏得首次文藝比賽的桂冠。The prizes for the winners in literature competition were even greater than those given to sports win-ners.如公元前338年馬其頓征服希臘后的一屆奧運會曾將屬于體育比賽的獎勵全部獎給了詩人。