WORD FORMATION The Olympic Games According to Greek legend, the Olympic Games were started by Hercules, son of Zeus, in honour of his father. The first Olympic Games about which we have (1. INFORM). Were held in 776 BC on the plain of Olympia. Games had taken place before this date but had consisted (2. MAIN ) of chariot races. The ancient Greeks thought the Games were so important that they measured time by the interval between them. A period of four years was (3. REFER). to as an Olympiad. The Games also represented the Greek ideal of physical (4. FIT)..and beauty, which they considered as important as the development of the mind. Nothing, not even war, was allowed to interfere with the Games. They were held continuously every four years for more than 1000 years until their (5, ABOLISH).. by the Romans in AD 394. At the end of the nineteenth century, a frenchman called Baron de Coubertin decided to (6. ESTABLISH)..the tradition. Following his suggestion, fifteen nations met at an (7. NATION)congress in 1894. Two years later, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens.