Puzzle for February 23, 2010

The Games Continue

The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C.E. until 393 A.D., when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In 1894, a French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, proposed a revival of the ancient tradition, and thus the modern-day Olympic Summer Games were born.

How long did the early Olympic Tradition last?
How long was the tradition banned?

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