Why are the Olympic Games held every four years?
Correct answer: Due to the tradition came from Ancient Greece
I am not a number.
But why were the ancient Olympics held every four years?
That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin
baymax, it's nothing to do with belief. Heracles is Greek, Hercules is Roman.
Laura
I am not a number., The Greeks had four major sports festivals (Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games). They were spread out over a 4-year cycle, to give athletes an opportunity to compete in all of them.
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I love the age old tradition of lighting the torch from the sun in Athens which then goes on its trek around the world.
Ludovica
It is such a beautiful tradition to light the Olympic torch with the sun. The ladies wearing traditional dresses of that time.
baymax
otherwise known as Hercules, or Heracles... depending on what you believe?