HIST 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stick-Fighting, Knossos, Nudity
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Nudity = hunter removing his clothes to mask smells. Crown of leaves = camouflage used by hunters. Running to and from an altar = sacrificial victims need to die willingly. The first mention of boxing is found in mesopotamia in the epic of gilgamesh. There are mesopotamian clay sculptures depicting two men boxing. There are egyptian tomb wall-paintings depicting women juggling. There is an egyptian tomb, found by archaeologist beni hassan, depicting several wrestling scenes. Whatever else greece owed to egypt it is certain that she did not owe to them the athletic impulse. (e. norman gardiner, 1864-1930) The minoan bull-leaping figurines are similar to the fresco found above. There have been minoan bull ceremonial drinking vessels found in knossos, crete. Theblack figure painted on a vase of theseus and the minotaur. The horns of consecration found in knossos was influenced by the minoans. The minoan drinking vessel with hagia triada found in crete from 1,500 bc.
