CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Kritios, Pathos, Phidias
10 Nov 2016
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West pediment: chaotic, order-less, narrative rather than heraldic. Other pediment may represent the moment of calm before the race begins. The west pediment is the opposite, diametrically opposed, scrum of intertwined bodies. Battle between the lapiths and the centaurs. The centauromachy or battle of lapiths and centaurs: wedding of pirithous and. Festivities were going well until the centaurs crashed the party and started drinking all the. Deidameia in thessaly, present was athenian hero theseus wine and started abducting all the women. The lapiths started fighting the centaurs and fought them off to restore order. The narrative of this pediment is a threat to order that is eventually put down. This can be seen as a shorthand for greek society vs. other cultures. Greek culture adheres to the laws of the gods and reason. Barbarians are represented as a threat, paints the greeks as a rational society, bringers of civilization to other savage groups.
