HON 1520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Delphic Hymns, First Sacred War, Pythian Games
13 Jan 2017
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Palace in the center on a hill. 12th century destroyed dorians and sea people. Wrote lots of lists, but no poetry or narratives. Lots could read because they found tablets in private homes. One of the vases is the closest illustration of warriors in that time that we have. Art was used for religious purposes and tombs. Alice began cracking it, but when she died men came and stole her ideas. Sanctuary of apollo and sanctuary of athena. The oracle in herodotus is in the temple of apollo. Delphi vs. syria first sacred war (may not have happened) Every 8 years before war, every 4 after. Naxian sphinx even though delphi and naxos weren"t close, delphi was still influenced. Clevelis and biton (herodotus) from argos, but the sculptures were dedicated at delphi because of their importance. 1200 manumissions on the sanctuary of apollo record of slaves being freed. Returned the slave to the gods because gods didn"t hold slaves.
