{"id":5124,"date":"2019-02-08T22:52:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T03:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hetarchive.net\/blog\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2019-02-24T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T21:28:34","slug":"france-and-the-olympia-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hetarchive.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/08\/france-and-the-olympia-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"France and the Olympia Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn1.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn3.gif\"><br \/>\nAnd so at France\u2019s suggestion, the Olympics became<br \/>\na competition through which the hearts of young men<br \/>\nfrom every country would be bound together forever.<br \/>\n<\/center><!--more--><center><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn4.gif\"><br \/>\nGradually other countries started to support the idea.<br \/>\nFinally, on 6 of April 1896, the first modern Olympic<br \/>\ngames were held in their place of origin, Athens.<\/p>\n<p>Back then there were only 13 countries competing.<br \/>\nFrance, America, Britain, Germany, Austria,<br \/>\nHungary, Switzerland, Denmark, Australia, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0England and a bitter ancient romance\u25a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn2.gif\" width=\"560\" height=\"1220\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn5.gif\"><br \/>\nAncient Olympics were played completely in nude.<br \/>\nThe reasons were both because you can\u2019t cheat<br \/>\nin nude (indeed you can not) and because the<br \/>\nancient Greeks worshipped the naked male body.<\/p>\n<p>This is maybe why all male statues and paintings<br \/>\nand gods are always missing clothes.<br \/>\nWhether Heracles or Zeus, they are all stark naked.<br \/>\nThose who ordered to have naked statues of themselves<br \/>\nbuilt on their graves to be exposed forevermore probably<br \/>\nexpected a bit more hellish days in their image of heaven.<br \/>\n(But don\u2019t think the ancient Greeks didn\u2019t know shame,<br \/>\nyou could still be arrested for nudity outside of the Olympics).<\/p>\n<p>And here an interesting story from the ancient Olympics.<br \/>\nEverybody knows about the naked competing,<br \/>\nbut I bet not many of you have heard about<br \/>\nthe Roman emperor Nero\u2019s participation in the games.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn7.gif\"><br \/>\nThe emperor won in seven categories but almost in all used<br \/>\nhis influence and power, particularly in the singing category<br \/>\nwhere he apparently gave a performance in a truly awful voice.<br \/>\nAnd after his death, the singing category was removed<br \/>\nfrom the games as the blackest part of its history.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn8.gif\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn6.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>bonus<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/scanlations\/nonlinear\/69\/orn10.gif\"><\/center><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><small>Scanlation: <a href=\"http:\/\/lost_hitsu.livejournal.com\/\">lost_hitsu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jammerlea.tumblr.com\/\">jammerlea<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hetarchive.net\/orn\/\">Original Translated Version<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kitayumeblog.wordpress.com\/2019\/02\/08\/%e3%80%8c%e3%83%95%e3%83%a9%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b9%e3%81%a8%e3%82%aa%e3%83%aa%e3%83%b3%e3%83%94%e3%83%a5%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ad%e3%83%9e%e3%83%b3%e3%80%8d\/\">Original<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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