... during the Olympic festival. A number of sacrifices were dedicated to the altars of various gods; the grandest of all being the sacrifice of one hundred oxen in front of Zeus" altar. When the games were first established, they lasted only one day, and consisted of only a running event, but eventually, they extended into a five day occasion, not all of which were ... ...

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