CLASSICS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Athena Promachos, Athena, Phidias
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What did the athenians ever do for athena? (great) panathenaia. Every 4 years a great one (panhellenic: pertaining to all the. Panathenaic procession (almost) all resident athenians: citizens, women, resident aliens, emancipated slaves. Through the city up to the acropolis, past monumental statue of athena promachos ( fighter-in-front ) New peplos draped on wooden statue of athena polias ( guardian of the city ) Mythical battle (e. g. lapiths vs. centaurs, gods vs giants, Elder olympian, child of kronos and rheia. Taught agriculture to tripolemus (from eleusis), who spread it to humanity. Rites of passage: puberty, marriage, hunting, etc. Ritual and myth on a 2-way street. Ritualists interpretations essentialize myth, ignore (important) narrative details. Not all myths have a ritual basis. Myths born, change due to e. g. competition and politics. Mueo: initiate into , possibly related to shut the eyes . Eleusinian : town of eleusis, under sphere of athenian influence. Most popular mystery cult of antiquity: lasted from pre-archaic until.
