Not everyone cheered the ancient Olympic games, but the sacred games brought together rival societies
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The modern Olympics share many things with the ancient games. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images – By Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University 2021 Jul 28 – The 2020 Tokyo Olympics started on July 23, 2021, amid a few different controversies. …