The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Unfortunately, you did not include the reference, context, or text you are referring to.
What is the topic?
So what we can do to help you is to comment on general terms.
Probably you are referring to the Athletic competitions organized in Olympia, the ancient Greece region.
If this is the case, we can say the following.
These athletic contexts showed that the Greek was very physical people who devoted time and effort to the cult of the body. They liked to train and compete. They spent hours developing athletic habilities that were first used to wage war.
For instance, it is known that the Spartans were fierce warriors. Since childhood, boys were trained to be warriors.
These physical skills go in hand with the influence of the Greek Pantheon: the Gods at the Olympus.
Greeks gods such as Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, and many others, exerted a heavy influence in the everyday life of the Greek people. These gods inspired the Greeks to reach lofty goals, to be great philosophers and thinkers, and to be warriors.
Art was an important result of Greek's relationships with gods. Greek architecture is one of the most impressive worldwide. The Greeks built impressive temples and buildings. The best example: the Parthenon, in Athens.