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Literature competition in the ancient Olympic games

古代奧運(yùn)會(huì)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(dāng)時(shí)被譽(yù)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(jié)，歌頌了公元前490年在馬拉松河谷戰(zhàn)役中大敗波斯軍隊(duì)的希臘戰(zhàn)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(yùn)會(huì)曾將屬于體育比賽的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)全部獎(jiǎng)給了詩(shī)人。