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"The most important part of the Olympic Video games is not receiving but engaging; the essential part of life is not conquering but fighting with each other well." (Epictetus) "Many are the places to be observed in Greece, and many are the magic to be been told; but on nothing at all will heaven bestow more good care than on the Eleusinian rites and the Olympic video games." (Pausanias) While they are still well known, the Olympic video games of Old Greece tend to be relevant today than most people know, and the ways that athletic sports activities pervade modern-day culture can be compared and then the soul of athleticism in Hellenic Greece. Today, a large section of the multimedia industry is committed exclusively to sports activities, and in some nations sports activities even characters as a crucial component of their identity. IN THE US, the Super Dish could be considered a holiday of sorts, and of course today's Olympic video games capture the attention of millions of people around the world for two weeks. The traditional Olympic video games were each one of these things and then some. It had been a ritualized spectacle of great cultural importance in Greece as well as an international communion that celebrated both variety and unity, but most of all it was an ode to the strength of the body and a paean to the vigor of the individual spirit.
