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Polytheistic Anthropomorphism |
Many gods in human form |
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Who are those who help Zeus? |
Nike, Kratos (strength), bie (force), zelos (jealousy) |
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Who were those who challenged Zeus? |
Kronos (zeus' father), and Titans, Atlas and Prometheus, Typhoeus (not a god) |
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Pysche |
soul but not a person |
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Nectar and Ambrosia |
food of gods, makes gods immortal |
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Agalmata |
"delights" for the gods = statue of gods |
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Kore |
Large generic female statues, usually grave markers |
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Kourous |
Large scale image of male youth ex Kroisos Kouros - grave marker |
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Riace Bronze |
Hyperreal statues, contraposto position/ illiac furrow aka sex lines |
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Polycleitus |
made impossibly symmetrical statues: Diadoumenos and Doryphoros statues |
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Euandria |
Male Beauty and Strength |
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What does Nestors speech to antilochos entail? |
Use a plan "metis" |
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What events do Ajax and Odysseus participate in the funeral games of patroclus? who wins? |
Wrestling = tie Running Event = odysseus (athena trips ajax) |
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Why does achilles give agamemnon victory without competing? |
Basically mocking him, saying leader of greek army gets best reward for doing nothing |
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Geras |
Prize/slave wife |
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Cholos |
Anger at being deprived of a prize or social status |
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What passage has odysseus being chirped by the phaseacians? |
Odyssey : as i see it stranger you're no good at sports |
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Epinician Poetry |
Poetry sang in praise of victor |
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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 |
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who was Tyrtaeus? |
Spartan poet: criticism of athletes and praises soldiers |
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ash altar of zeus |
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chthonic, pelopeion, blood sacrifice to pelops |
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what is this and when was it built? |
Temple of Hera, built around 650 BCE |
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what is this and when was it built? |
Temple of Zeus begun around 470 BCE |
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When was the stadion built? |
776 BCE |
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Arete |
Courage and Physical excellence |
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where is this image from? |
funeral games of patroclus |
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In what passage does Hector get killed and who kills him? |
Homers iliad and achilles |
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Diaulos |
Double Stade |
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Dolichos |
Distance Race |
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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 |
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Hoplitodromos |
Race in armour, double stade |
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Diaulos |
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hoplitodromos |
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dolichos |
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marathon |
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hysplex |
the starting mechanism in the ancient stadia |
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When was wrestling brought into the games? |
708 BCE |
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systasis |
starting position in wrestling |
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skamma |
dirt pit in wrestling |
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thricer |
victor in wrestling |
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akoniti |
dustless victory |
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Boxing was introduced in what year? |
688 BCE |
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Himantes |
leather straps for gloves in boxing |
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Oxys |
thicker harder straps for increased bloodshed in boxing |
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how do you announce defeat in boxing? |
lifting 1 finger |
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Pan-Kration was introduced in what year? |
648 BCE |
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what are the rules of pan-kration |
no biting and no eye gouging |
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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 |
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boxing |
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wrestling |
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name the pentathlon events? |
Stadion, wrestling, jumping(halma), javelin (akon), discus |
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right way to throw the discus |
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wrong way to throw discus |
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halteres |
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akon / javelin |
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who was antiphon and what did he do? |
was on trial for accidental death from javelin |
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Tethrippon |
4 horse chariot race, 12 laps around hippodrome |
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kampter/ nyssa |
turning post |
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Keles |
Horse back race |
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synoris |
2 horse race |
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Apene |
Mule cart race |
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Kalpe |
Ride and run last lap |
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what did alkabiades do? |
entered 7 chariots into races |
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Who was the first female victor at Olympia? |
Kyniska (sister of king of sparta) |
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Why was strepsaides so in debt? |
Because of his sons horse racing and turns to socrates to help him argue out of his debt |
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birth of Dionysis |
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what happened in the first mythic games? |
Zeus wrestles Kronos for the throne |
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East pediment temple of zeus; Pelops + Hippodameia |
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West pediment temple of zeus; Lapiths and Centaurs |