OD+Religion&Mythology+was+religion+a+major+factor

===Religion was the reason the Olympics were created as, the Olympics were held at the bottom of Mount Olympus to worship the gods.=== ===The ancient Olympics had many events. One of these was boxing which was performed wearing himantes(like what boxers wear under their gloves today) and later sphairai(the same as himantes but with padding), the rules were similar to modern boxing as there was to be no holds or wrestling, blows with the hands were OK but there was no gouging with the fingers, no ring was used, no rounds or time limits, opponents were selected by chance so there was no weight class. These were some of the rules but there are more. Other events include, equestrian(horse riding and chariot racing), running, wrestling and pentathlon to name a few.===