During prehistoric and historic times, sports and competitions were at the heart of the lives of the ancient Greeks. The “struggles” were based on one’s innate tendency to transcend other people’s achievements by peaceful means and to discern. For the ancient Greeks, racing was the most important sport. Homer, speaking of Achilles, tells us that he was “okay foot” (fast on the feet) and assesses this ability as the most important of physical virtues. Even in ancient Greece, citizens were divided into “runners and runners” based on their running skills. According to mythology, Athelios, the first king of ancient Ilida, a powerful city-state, near Olympia, inspired the sport for the first time. The city has become rich since the days of the athletes who trained at the high school for the Olympic Games. Aethelius had a son, the beautiful Endymion, who also became king, and according to Pausanias he offered power to any of his children to win a race at Olympia. So we see that the beginning of the race dates back to mythological times, and to understand the great importance of the race in ancient Greece, suffice it to say that during the first 14 Olympic Games the only official sport was the race, ” 192.27m long stadium. Famous runners of antiquity were Argeas, Feidippides, Euchis, Leonidas, Rhodes, etc. The ancient Greeks found many opportunities for racing. We have the four great Panhellenic Games, Pythia, Isthmia, Nemea and the most important of all, the Olympic Games. The Pythians were performing in Delphi in honor of Apollo, the Isthmia being funeral rites in memory of a boy, Melikert, who drowned with his mother in the Great Sea. The Nemea were also funerary rites in honor of the snake bite Benefit who died and the Olympia that officially existed in 776 BC at Olympia was dedicated to Zeus. In addition, Achilles also performed funerals in honor of his friend Patroclus’s dead, “the triumphs over Patroclus”, with a series of races in which there were street races. We even have the games organized by Heracles between his 5 brothers in Olympia, the Ideal Fingers, thus establishing the forerunner of the later Olympic Games. The winner would receive a wreath of olives made by Hercules himself. Another reason for ancient races was the election of a wife for the daughters of the rulers who was judged by the outcome of such a confrontation. This was done by Icarus, the king of Sparta for his daughter, the well-known Penelope who married the winner of the race, Odysseus, a hero of the Trojan War. So did King Argos, Danaos, of his fifty daughters whom he could not marry after having murdered their former wives. Eventually, after many “struggles” of the same, he managed to marry all fifty. So did Atalanti, the famous hunter, who did not wish to marry and called in a race for those who sought her out at a marriage that resulted in marriage or death. However, Hippomenius arrived with the golden apples that Aphrodite had given him, threw the apples on the road, Atalanti was delayed to get them as he went, so he defeated and married Atalanti. According to another version, races for the hand of Hippodamia, daughter of Pisa’s king, Oinomau, were judged by chariots in which Oenomaos deliberately killed all the potential suitors in order to prevent the oracle from dying from his groom’s hand. By the time Peloponas appeared, Hippodamia fell in love with him, conspired and killed his father deliberately during the chariot race. Peloponnesus married Hippodamia, became king of Pisa, gave the Olympics a new splendor and his name in the Peloponnese. Hippodamia organized road races among 16 women in Olympia, Ira, to thank Hera for helping her marry Pelops. The race was dominated as a sporting event throughout the ancient world, as the speed of the legs was the greatest advantage with which a young man was distinguished not only in sports but also as a warrior in war. The race was also a sporting event that dealt with many issues of everyday life. The race was so important that later in the course of the Olympics, other racing events were added, such as the track, dolly, and hoplite, to give more fast-paced young people the chance to crown the Olympics.