KIN 2501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Heraean Games, Secular Games, Greek Mythology
6 Apr 2016
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Sport means to amuse oneself as game means a more organized effort to play. Play is intrinsically motivated, involved the temporary suspensions of normal/ typical reality, and involves internal locus of control. Term first used in england in ad 1440. Iliad was a 10 year long war; funeral games: help competitions in honor of petroclus. Odyssey returned to greece to prove his manhood by throwing discus (honored athleticism) term and bold type, focus on. Sparta"s goal was to be warriors, to rule all of greece: focused a lot on military and educating boys (7 years old) on it, the insufficient children were left to die. Athens embraced the greek idea, dual emphasis on intelligence and physical education, boys focused on gymnastics and wrestling, nothing much for the girls. Different types of games, but focus primarily on the olympics itself. Informal contests: soldiers as they trained to pass time.
