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Polytheistic Anthropomorphism

Many gods in human form

Who are those who help Zeus?

Nike, Kratos (strength), bie (force), zelos (jealousy)

Who were those who challenged Zeus?

Kronos (zeus' father), and Titans, Atlas and Prometheus, Typhoeus (not a god)

Pysche

soul but not a person

Nectar and Ambrosia

food of gods, makes gods immortal

Agalmata

"delights" for the gods = statue of gods

Kore

Large generic female statues, usually grave markers

Kourous

Large scale image of male youth ex Kroisos Kouros - grave marker

Riace Bronze

Hyperreal statues, contraposto position/ illiac furrow aka sex lines

Polycleitus

made impossibly symmetrical statues: Diadoumenos and Doryphoros statues

Euandria

Male Beauty and Strength

What does Nestors speech to antilochos entail?

Use a plan "metis"

What events do Ajax and Odysseus participate in the funeral games of patroclus? who wins?

Wrestling = tie


Running Event = odysseus (athena trips ajax)

Why does achilles give agamemnon victory without competing?

Basically mocking him, saying leader of greek army gets best reward for doing nothing

Geras

Prize/slave wife

Cholos

Anger at being deprived of a prize or social status

What passage has odysseus being chirped by the phaseacians?

Odyssey : as i see it stranger you're no good at sports

Epinician Poetry

Poetry sang in praise of victor

Esplain the difference between aristocratic and civic ideaology

aristocratic is the individual being praised, civic ideology is praising the athlete and where they come from

who was Tyrtaeus?

Spartan poet: criticism of athletes and praises soldiers

ash altar of zeus

chthonic, pelopeion, blood sacrifice to pelops

what is this and when was it built?

what is this and when was it built?

Temple of Hera, built around 650 BCE

what is this and when was it built?

what is this and when was it built?

Temple of Zeus begun around 470 BCE

When was the stadion built?

776 BCE

Arete

Courage and Physical excellence

where is this image from?

where is this image from?

funeral games of patroclus

In what passage does Hector get killed and who kills him?

Homers iliad and achilles

Diaulos

Double Stade

Dolichos

Distance Race

where did the marathon start?

1) Pheidippides ran from athens to sparta and 2) Therisippus or Eucles ran from Marathon to Athen declared victory and died

Hoplitodromos

Race in armour, double stade

Diaulos

hoplitodromos

dolichos

marathon

hysplex

the starting mechanism in the ancient stadia

When was wrestling brought into the games?

708 BCE

systasis

starting position in wrestling

skamma

dirt pit in wrestling

thricer

victor in wrestling

akoniti

dustless victory

Boxing was introduced in what year?

688 BCE

Himantes

leather straps for gloves in boxing

Oxys

thicker harder straps for increased bloodshed in boxing

how do you announce defeat in boxing?

lifting 1 finger

Pan-Kration was introduced in what year?

648 BCE

what are the rules of pan-kration

no biting and no eye gouging

who was arrichion and why is he famous?

Pankratist who died for the sake of victory: was an example of desire for death for the sake of victory

boxing

wrestling

name the pentathlon events?

Stadion, wrestling, jumping(halma), javelin (akon), discus

right way to throw the discus

wrong way to throw discus

halteres

akon / javelin

who was antiphon and what did he do?

was on trial for accidental death from javelin

Tethrippon

4 horse chariot race, 12 laps around hippodrome

kampter/ nyssa

turning post

Keles

Horse back race

synoris

2 horse race

Apene

Mule cart race

Kalpe

Ride and run last lap

what did alkabiades do?

entered 7 chariots into races

Who was the first female victor at Olympia?

Kyniska (sister of king of sparta)

Why was strepsaides so in debt?

Because of his sons horse racing and turns to socrates to help him argue out of his debt

birth of Dionysis

what happened in the first mythic games?

Zeus wrestles Kronos for the throne

East pediment temple of zeus; Pelops + Hippodameia

West pediment temple of zeus; Lapiths and Centaurs