ANHS1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Pythian Games, Ancient Agora Of Athens
15 May 2018
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Lecture - Invasive Monumentalisation 25/05/16
What do we mean by “decline”
- Problems with the “Periodization” of history:
- Labels like Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Greco Roman imply a seamless transition from period to
period. Is this really the case?
- Rise = inevitable decline
- E.g. Coming of Rome = fall of Greek polis
- “Greece” is not the Greek world. The umbrella term of “Greece” is applied to numerous city states
and communities.
- Romans adapted spaces to fit their imperial needs and to shape what they think Greece should be.
- Encroachment, appropriation, decline and identity are key themes throughout this lecture.
Athens Urban Landscape 100 B.C – 150 A.D.
- Interactions with the Romans effected the architectural landscape
- 146. Romans defeat Greeks.
- Athenian Agora went from an open to a close space.
Key buildings by 150 A.D:
- Augustin building programme
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Delphi:
- Celebration of Pythian games
- Every four years.
- The way it is pictured is not what it looked like until the possible end of its life.
- Within looking at these monuments, there is a way of patterning it’s genesis. Within looking at when these
buildings were made, majority of them were made when a victory has occurred.
- They put monuments to commemorate the Athenians in order to remind people that Athens was “great”.
Document Summary
Labels like archaic, classical, hellenistic and greco roman imply a seamless transition from period to period. Coming of rome = fall of greek polis. The umbrella term of greece is applied to numerous city states and communities. Romans adapted spaces to fit their imperial needs and to shape what they think greece should be. Encroachment, appropriation, decline and identity are key themes throughout this lecture. Athens urban landscape 100 b. c 150 a. d. Interactions with the romans effected the architectural landscape. Athenian agora went from an open to a close space. The way it is pictured is not what it looked like until the possible end of its life. Within looking at these monuments, there is a way of patterning it"s genesis. Within looking at when these buildings were made, majority of them were made when a victory has occurred.
