Classical Studies 2300 Lecture 8: Classics Lecture 8

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: Charles Stocking

Document Summary

Classics lecture 8 istmia and nemea: isthmian games: 3rd festival in the. God of the sea and of horses (land and sea connection): earlier bronze age period- no evidence for cult activity, but simply a settlement, earliest evidence of sanctuary: 1050 bce. Burnt ash and bone and unburnt pottery. Ash also contained votive figurines and jewelry (but of less quantity and quality compared with olympia) Focus of early sanctuary: ritual, communal dining; not competitive display of wealth (as at olympia). Sanctuary between 2 worlds: isthmian pillar, ascribed to theseus (plutarch): Here is not the peloponnese, but ionia here is not ionia, but the peloponnese. City-state of corinth controlled the sanctuary of isthmia. Early tyranny, responsible for colonies of syracuse (on sicily) and. Early classical period good relations with athens and sparta; generally a spartan ally. Dispute between athens and corinth over megara leads to the first. Athens, thebes, corinth, persia vs. sparta and allies.