© legio09 The high point of the ancient Greek Olympiads is said to have occurred on the third day of each Games, when 100 oxen were killed in honor of Zeus. So on one hand this idea of inaugurating the 2010 South African World Cup via ritual animal slaughter – the stated goal of the Cup’s cultural activities coordinators – has a ring of classical athletic antiquity to it. On the other hand, the ancient Greek Olympiads were also closed to female spectators, limited to Greek speakers, and h