Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tumulus, Jab, Hellenization

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

Document Summary

Lesson 12: athletics as entertainment in the hellenistic and roman periods (jan. 17th 2018) Athletics under alexander: he did not have a big opinion on athletics, however his father used it to connect with the. In these cultures, you get schools that are very similar to the ephebia (2-year curriculum to become a citizen): these s(cid:272)hools a(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot to t(cid:396)ai(cid:374) you i(cid:374) you(cid:396) he(cid:396)itage it"s all a(cid:271)out g(cid:396)ee(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d the g(cid:396)eek culture. Isostephanitic games: soteria games in greece, nikephoria games in pergamon, italic, roman, augustan, isolympic. Sebesteia games at kaiseria sebaste: means the holiness of caesar, the jewish kings set these games up as holy games, the jewish king and the roman empire gave money to make this, got isostephanitic status. Jews met the greek change with anger and wanted to revolt and tried but were crushed: this was triggered by the growth of athletics, to be naked in public was an outrage especially on the sabbath.