CLAS 2P40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: List Of Ancient Macedonians, Military Parade, Pentathlon
6 Dec 2018
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Image: coin of alexander i, king of macedonia in 5th c. Palaces with elite culture: macedonia: rich territory; esp. for horses, elites hunted, banqueted together with music and wine, also elaborate funerals and funeral games. Alexander at olympia: alexander: persuaded elis judges he was greek = entered the stadion tied for first. Not sure, but importance: an olympic victory offered legitimacy and king of macedon wants to be included. Macedonian sport: had festivals with musical and athletic contests, city of dion: festival with specifically olympic style events = importance of olympia, macedonian kinds also used physical prowess and feats of strength to legitimize rule. Images: map of macedonia in 359 bc and 336 bc. Philip at olympia: olympia: he adds a new building, first privately donated building at site, started 338 bc (year of victory over greeks) In the altis he adds a tholos = round shrine called the philippeion.
