Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Interpolis

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

Document Summary

Day 4 thursday july 11, 2013: votive offerings, relating to a vow, show us artistic aspects of society, athletics in art mattered more to them than to us, aristocrats tended to value athletics, therefore wealthy athletes could commission art, horseback race 2 horse chariot, side by side increased difficulty of maneuvering, cart mule racing added to horse chariot race. Nemean . repeat: olympic games, founded 776, held near elis, every 4 years in august or september, in honor of zeus, prize is a crown of olive leaves, king pelops, the stadium olympics, the pythian games, founded 586, held at delphi every four years in honor of apollo, winners get a crown of laurel leaves. Isthmian games: pan hell in 580, held near corinth, every other year in honor of poseidon, winner gets pine and celery wreaths, nemean games, pan hell in 573, held in nemea every other year in honor of zeus, winner gets a crown of celery leaves.