KP141 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Olympic Truce, Lepreum, Cultural Assimilation
24 Mar 2018
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Greek concept of nationalism in di erent from what we know now. Greece was not an entity until it came to existence in 1825. Consisted of many states which are independent and not united until philip 2 of. No charter of olympic games has survived. Knowledge about them depends on oral tradition. Sixth century where written regulations rst appear. Several hundred years later in 2nd or 3rd cnetury we know from philostraus that ideal was to be greek to qualify for olympia. You must be greek, boy , have a father and family ,free-born, belong to a tribe, and have a native city. Ancient games are comparable to the zappas olympic games (19th century in. Now people began to be admitted to olympia even if they were not greek. They were declared eligible if theu could prove greek ancestry. They may be accepted cause of cultural assimilation (if they became part of the greek world after alex the great conquests.
