HIST 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Panhellenic Games, Philostratus, Hoplitodromos
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Lecture 3: the events of the panhellenic games is a running race (600ft = 200m) Sole original event of the olympics (introduced in 776 bc, and only until 724 bc0. The winner gave his name to the olympiad (the 4-year period between olympics) Written source about this = philostratos [ arete #20] Was introduced in 724 bc is a running race twice the length of the race track (approx. Individual lanes were marked with a turning post ( kampter ) Was a long-distance running had 20 or 24 laps of the track (= between 8 or 9 km) One kampter at each end of the track. Was introduced in 520 bc runners wore a helmet and (originally) greaves, and carried a round shield. The run is over the same length as the diaulos. Was first run by philippides (or pheidippides?) Herodotus [ arete #128, 430 bc] claimed that this man ran all the way from athens to sparta.
