Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pre-Socratic Philosophy, Theogony, Arche
13 Feb 2018
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Kynosarges); every city had gymnasia: no women, slaves, foreigners. In practice, and upper class activity: a fee to enter, practice for specific events. Very scanty evidence for weight training, especially early on: athletic gear: oil, strigil, pickaxe, practice cap. Hatsios 6: death was not necessarily common, but it was not uncommon, pentathlon: five events in one competition. Win three of five for victory probably: stade, wrestling, discus, javelin, long jump. Ilion is the citadel of the city, and troy is just the general city: burned to death on mount oeta, the fire essentially turns him into a god. Theseus enjoys the night before he captures the bull: from the perspective of the old woman who takes theseus in and offers her hospitality, a rare point-of-view, hymns, epigrams. Romans are quite culturally and linguistically similar to the. Greece: hence orientalizing period, great increase in wealth, evident in burials and buildings, tombs exhibit. Zethus as calais, vedic ashvins, etc. : romulus and remus.
