There was not much context, but i’m just going to go off of a generalized answer.
The reason some/most “games” have ceremonies leading up to it is that it give the actual main event some publicity. the ceremonies are sort of a way to announce the “games” and hype said “games”, up.
(main character) Son of Laertes and Anticleia, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus. A cunning, shrewd and eloquent hero. Came up with the idea of the Trojan horse which led the Greeks to victory against Troy. king of ITHICA.
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