Un 6 Olympic History E The early Olympic Games(from 776 B.C. until 393 AD,)were celebrated as a religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus. The REI games were eventually banned in ancient Greece for being a pagan festival and the Olympic tradition died. Ancient Greece However. centuries later a french educator named Baron Pierre de Coubertin. decided that he wanted to start a program that would teach people to balance the development of Coubertin both their minds and their bodies OPASSAGE A HOME MENU PASSAGE BThe early Olympic Games (from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D.) were celebrated as a religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus. The games were eventually banned in ancient Greece for being a pagan festival and the Olympic tradition died. However, centuries later a French educator named Baron Pierre de Coubertin, decided that he wanted to start a program that would teach people to balance the development of both their minds and their bodies. Olympic History Coubertin Ancient Greece