1, sports, in the eyes of the ancient Greeks, tenacious training for many years, learning all skills to be competent for war, is the lofty duty of every citizen; The purpose of the ruling class's martial arts practice is to cultivate citizens' courage and fighting spirit, so as to select warriors with strong body, quick action and superior skills to serve their city-state.
However, these gods and heroes born in Greek land are actually the embodiment of natural forces and have very strong natural attributes. With the development of social life, their social attributes and status in people's minds are gradually strengthened, so that they dominate people's consciousness and actions to some extent.
2. ancestor worship activities. In the eyes of the Greeks, the best life is the life closest to God, that is, the activities in religious ancestor worship festivals. Whenever there is a bumper harvest in agriculture or olives and grapes are ripe, people will get together to celebrate the sacrifice to God.
At first, this activity of offering sacrifices to the gods was just a grand ceremony, with simple dance movements to express reverence and gratitude to the gods. Later, this activity of offering sacrifices to the gods became a grand festival. In case of seasonal changes, important farming, military activities, and life-and-death marriages, people should stop working and hold assemblies.
3. Competition and war. According to Homer's epic about God and War, we found that in the eyes of the ancient Greeks, the gods on Mount Olympus were so closely related to the victory or defeat of the Greek war, so they were bound to show their full loyalty to the gods in various forms of fierce competition and longed for their full help in the war.
The victory of sports competition is only the omen and epitome of the victory of strength contest in war. Therefore, winning the game is another manifestation of the ancient Greeks' desire to win the war. This is the so-called "the highest honor is to win the war with ability."
Introduction to Greek
Greeks are the main nationalities in Greece and Cyprus, calling themselves Acheos or Danaus, and they are descendants of the ancient Greeks. Some are distributed in the United States, Australia and Turkey. Most of them belong to the Mediterranean type of Europa, and some of them belong to the alpine type.