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Literature competition in the ancient Olympic games

古代奥运会之文艺比赛

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.当时被誉为希腊“历史之父”的格罗多特宣读了他的名作《历史》中的某些章节，歌颂了公元前490年在马拉松河谷战役中大败波斯军队的希腊战士，最终赢得首次文艺比赛的桂冠。The prizes for the winners in literature competition were even greater than those given to sports win-ners.如公元前338年马其顿征服希腊后的一届奥运会曾将属于体育比赛的奖励全部奖给了诗人。