KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Mycenaean Greece, Close Combat, Antilochus
9 Dec 2016
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Sport as engrained as part of humanity (heinrich) Stories told about us, stories tell ourselves. Reveals who we are and who we desire to be. Example is the image of a canadian hockey player. Sport as a site of cultural resistance. Homer - wrote in 8th century bc about mycenaean period (16th c bc to 11th c bc. Odyssey (return from the battle of troy) Believed to be written around 750 bc. About a battle that was ought in 12th century bc. Book 23: 1st written evidence of competitive athletics in western literature. Merinos - horse has a nice mane. Athena retaliates - returns his whip and inspires horses - slows down eumolos. Diomedes takes the lead - eumolos realizes fate, diomedes will win. Meneleoas tries to get back in (threatens horses) but antilochos drives him off the road (fair play challenged) Guy in the cheap seats gets the best view and he makes predictions.
