Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mesoamerican Chronology, Sciron, Aegeus

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: Kelly Olson

Document Summary

To win at the games is the pinnacle acheievement. Poseidon: brother of zeus, god of the sea of horses (land and sea conection). Earlier bronze age period- no evidence for cult activity, but simply a settlement. Part of the crown games: began 580 bce. Full program of competitive events: footraces, pentathalon, pankrations, equestrian events, also mousikos agon, stadium moves farther from temple of posiedon, see slides. 1st mythic foundation of isthmian games, melikertes/palaimon: anger of hera (again): Hermes gives dionysos to his aunt, ino, the sister of semele (mother of dionysos). Ino throws herself and her son melikartes into the ocean. 2nd isthmian games foundation myth: theseus and imitation of olympic games: Blah blah blah see slide for fam. Funeral games in honour of scrion or sinis as expiation for his murder. Sciron or sinis as grandson of pittheus= cousin of theseus. Can see tension reflected between the two games.