Edited sentence: "Being the best" is what occupied their minds and made them strive for excellence in all that they did.Arete infused everything the ancient Greeks did.From this attitude, the Olympic Games and others were instituted by the Greeks for the "testing" of another one's arete in the physical field.It is the core for understanding ancient Greek culture.It was what spurred their creative genius.Literary contests were also developed to always examine who was the best composer and writer.The moral excellence or arete of a man is properly called ηθικη αρετε or virtue.They strove for excellence in all their occupations and activities; moral, physical, creative and intellectual