Classical Studies 2300 Chapter : Ancient Greek Athletics - Chp. 1.docx

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

Document Summary

The ancient greeks defined and developed various components of culture that we still understand is fundamental to our own. 18th century greeks began to awake from the dark ages. Olympic games were joined by three other games of the. Panhellenic cycle: the pythian, the isthmian, and the nemean. Olympic games of 480 athletes came from everywhere thebes, argos, Syracuse, etc: these games went on while athens was burning. Note the position of athletics in the greek world. For two centuries after 270, greece depopulated and athletics fell on hard times: in 80, only competitions for boys were held at olympia, took an endowment from herod the great in 12 b. c. to start the. Pausanias greek that wrote about athletics, athens, olympia, etc.