Warsbetweenstates were suspended during the Olympic Games, and the winners were given crowns of olive branches.
在奥运会期间,城邦间停战,获胜者被授予橄榄枝花冠。
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This is credited with helping to reduce the number of conflicts betweenstates, as well as calming civil wars from Bosnia to Haiti, from Cambodia to Sudan, from Congo to Lebanon.
The reason why the ancient Greeks organized such games was there were always warsbetweenthe city states in ancient Greece and they wanted to cease fire through their efforts.