Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Panathenaic Games, Epidaurus, Visual Entertainment

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: David Lamari

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The asklepeia: for the god of healing (asklepious, he found out how to bring people back from the dead, the gods killed him and made him a god. 1: he had a sanctuary, or a healing center. Its main purpose was a healing center (kind of a hospital but not really: people would go and recover from illnesses, talk to priests and they would offer some practical advice. Stadium: athletic events would occur here along with musical competitions, mc would also occur in the threaters, the(cid:396)e (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t e(cid:395)uest(cid:396)ia(cid:374) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts. Hidden entrance: the athletes and spectators would come through hidden entrances to enter the stadium. It seems like these competitions mimicked the events of the olympics, but also the outside practices like architecture and design of stadiums. The panathenaia games: sacred and civic athletics: panathenaia = the all athens games, for athens, for athena.