Ancient Greeks believed Mount Olympus touched the sky, yet it is only 9,750 feet high. Nature built Greece on a human scale and the Greeks followed suit, creating their gods and designing their temples, statues and sculptures to the measure of man. This idea of human proportion as the basic unit pervades Greek thought.The Greeks invented athleti contests and held them in honour of their gods.The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honour of Zeus. The classic busts of Warriors turned Kings percieved as Gods competing as Olympic Athletes captures a glorious moment in time