CLAS 2P40 Lecture 3: CLAS 2P40 - Lecture 3
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Periods in greek history: late bronze age: 1600-1200bc, collapse: 1200-1100 bc, dark ages: 1100-750 bc, archaic period: 750-480 bc, 480 bc beginning of the classical era. 2: homer"s iliad games part of a funeral, reflects dark age archaic practices, games celebrate life in the face of death. Images: a terracotta plaque, 520-510 bc used to decorate a tomb a funerary games chariot races is likely; chariots in procession, greek funerary vas c. 725 bc. 3: body needed to be developed for full potential. Image: greeks and trojans fight, treasury of siphnians, delphi, 530. Use of athletics: greeks didn"t just have athletics at funerals, archaic period explosion of athletic contests at festivals held at sanctuaries for gods, some festivals were for locals, other drew athletes and spectators from around greek world . The prizes: prizes offered by achilles from his ships, cauldrons, tripods, horses, mules, oxen, gold, female slaves, lumps of iron and armaments.