A Day in the Life of a Slave

My day begun with my master yelling at me to get up, to work. At first I hesitated but I knew that if I didn't get up he would beat me. I started my day already dressed for work, after all I only had one thing to wear. I walked out into the fields to begin my work. It was a sunny, hot midsummer day. I needed to pick all the olives in the first grove by the end of the day. By twelve I was dying of thirst and heat, just like every day. My master came out, I was hoping for water but I had no such luck. He came to yell at me to stop lazing around. I begged him for water and he got made and punched me in the face. I was disposable, he had 24 slaves, a massive land owner. The sun was still beating down on me, still on the ground he kicked me in the belly then hoisted me up. I saw him go back into his mansion and continued my work. If I didn't he would surely beat me to near death tonight. By 6 o'clock the sun was still in the sky but going down. I had barely finished my work when he came out again. He left a small bowl of water by the door to the slave house and a small loaf of bread. I quickly ran to get some.This was the end of my day, the end of a day in the life of a slave. 

Olympic Games

The Olympics started in Greece around 800 BC in Athens in honor of Zeus. The games' athletes were all rich because they needed to train for ten months before going to the Olympics. In addition to that they were expected to have royal banquets if they won which they would fund themselves, so participation in the Olympics was largely for rich people. Women were also not allowed to participate in the Olympics. Until the 128th Olympics women were not allowed to participate or spectate. The Olympics started out as a few footraces but then progressed to add chariot races, boxing, wrestling, and a game called Pancratium. "Pancratium combined boxing, wrestling, kicking, biting, gouging, and strangling. Men were often permanently killed or injured during this event". The Olympics eventually faded away when the Romans took over and the Greek civilization declined. In 1896 the games were resurrected by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in Athens, Greece. Since then the games have been continuously held in cities around the world (except for WWI and WWII). The winter Olympics were added in 1924 so that every two years there would be Olympics, alternating between summer and winter.