CLA2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Panhellenic Games, Isthmian Games, Pythian Games

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2102
• Professor: Rajiv Bhola

Document Summary

: c/f 68-69; 154-159, 162 (oracle of apollo) Panhellenic festivals: origins of athletic competition, patroklos, achilles (p. 154) Panhellenic sites: olympia: sanctuary of zeus, sanctuary features, temple of zeus, chryselephantine statue, treasuries, sanctuary of pelops, founder of olympic games, athletic facilities, gymnasium, palaistra, stadium, hippodrome. Competitions (games: running: stade (herakles, olympiad), diaulon, dolichos, hoplitodromos, contact events: palaistra: wrestling, boxing (p. 156), pankration, pentathlon: stade, wrestling, jump (halter (p. 154) discus (p. 155) , javelin, equine: hippodrome, charioteer (p. 158) Impact of the olympic games: delphi (mt. Parnassos): sanctuary of apollo (p. 69: origin: omphalos, pytho = pythian games, site features. Competitions: citharode, charioteer of delpi, corinth: sanctuary of poseidon: isthmian games, origin: theban/phoenician connection (cadmus, sisyphus, nemea: sanctuary of zeus: nemean games, origin: theban/phoenician connection, opheltes, wild celery. Women and athletics: heraia: girl runner (p. 86, atalante and the golden apples.