Lecture 7 Flashcards
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What does Profane mean?
Outside the sanctuary/altis
What are the 3 versions of where the Olympics came from?
- pelops 2. hercules 3. zeus vs kronos
What is Elis ?
The first place people involved in the Olympics would go, gather to meet, debate, have trial and religious ceremonies
What is the description of a central area?
- judges building(selected 1 year in advance and would train for 10 months)
- two gyms
- Hippodrome(downtown)
- Bouleuterion (for 50 Olympic council members)
What is the Boule?
50 member council who oversaw everything
What is Agonothetes?
Sponser who pays for everything
What is Hellanodikai?
10 judges
Who are Guardians of the Law?
usually ex-judges that educate new ones in training
What was the truce that had to be announced when the Olympics were coming?
No one could be harassed or prohibited from going, every polis had to send someone to say “we acknowledge and will honour the truce”
Why did the truce have to be declared in advance?
Athletes arrived a month before hand because they had trial matches(compete against each other, would realize they weren’t ready and drop out) sometimes they were left with only 1 athlete, athletes also required pre-approval(Greek citizen w/no criminal record and has been training for 9 months) also needed to determine if they were a boy/man
What is the story behind proving their Greek background?
A non Greek king traced his family back to hercules and was allowed to compete
What happens the Day Before the Olympics?
Everyone comes together from Elis to Olympia, before leaving athletes took an oath saying they won’t dishonour the Olympics, would take all night and arrive during the day, but before enter Olympia judges had to be purified with a sprinkle of pig blood
What happens on Arrival day?
Parade starting at Prytaneion and ending at bouleuterion, Actual approval that happens inferno of everyones “I’m greek w/no criminal record and have been training”, Second set of oaths: a public oath that they will do no evil to the olympics, Trumpet and Herald is held
What happens on Day 1?
Parade through Olympia and Equestrian/pentathlon events
What happens on Day 2?
Parade to alter of zeus and sacrifice 100 male bulls to be eaten, boy event
What happens on Day 3?
Footraces(only had 22 lanes so if there was more than 22 runners there would be multiple runs) and Full contact events(knock out system 10->8->6 etc. to determine a winner, pulling a letter on a pebble, AvsB, CvsD etc, if blank they move on automatically)
What happens on Day 4?
Award are given out in the morning, final feast given in honour of winners
What did athletes do but didn’t occur on day 4?
Do a victory lap with people throwing flowers(during day of event), received perks and benefits
