CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pythian Games, Doric Order, Pediment
21 Oct 2016
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The god apollo slayed the dragon (python) who guarded the. Games held at delphi called pythian games in honour of the god. Not just athletic games, dramatic and artistic performances were included. Delphi built on terraces, as it was in a mountainous area. One would have had to wind their way around treasuries, as it was important to display your civic wealth. Small vault like buildings built by individual city states. The city sates would display their goods outside during games and events. Stoa of the athenians: portico of 8 ionic columns built against the temple retaining wall, constructed after victory over persians 478bc. Spartans have a ready, standing army: spartans say no, they had a religious festival going on, and they were very regimented, athenians start to think of themselves as a military power. There from at least the 8th century bc. Pythia is the priestess who was involved in the worship of apollo.
