festivals

Question 1

what did all festivlals involve

Answer 1

a sacrifice, feasting, entertianment

Question 2

how long was the panathenaia

Answer 2

4 days (days 5-8 only)

Question 3

how long was the great panathenaia

Answer 3

8 days

Question 4

how often did the panathenaia and great panathenaia happen?

Answer 4

panathenaia - every year
great - every 4 years

Question 5

where did the (great) panathenaia happen

Answer 5

athens

Question 6

what happened on day 1 of GP

Answer 6

rhapsodic (recitals from iliad and odyssey) and musical contests (on aulos/flute and kithala/string instrument)

Question 7

what dappened on days 2-4 of GP

Answer 7

stadian (run), Pankration (unlimited wrestling), pentathlon, boxing, wrestling, equestrian races

Question 8

what was not allowed in the pankration

Answer 8

eye gouging and biting

Question 9

what happened during the daytime of day 5 of GP

Answer 9

tribal contests :
strength tests
boat race
war dance

Question 10

what happened during night time of day 5 in GP

Answer 10

race to acropolis to light sacrificial flame. from Diplyon to altar at Acropolis

Question 11

what happened on day 6 of GP

Answer 11

procession through city to altar of Athena Polias and hecatomb sacrifice

Question 12

what did the procession during day 6 of GP carry?

Answer 12

peplos - bday dress for athena dyed purple and saffron (expensive dyes)

Question 13

what was the apobates race in P/GP

Answer 13

a race where fully armored charioteers dismount and mount chariots while moving

Question 14

what happens in day 8 of P/GP

Answer 14

prize giving for all competitions

Question 15

what did winners of contests during GP recieve

Answer 15

panathenaic amphorae (athena on one side and event on other) filled with olive oil

Question 16

how does GP/P show off athens military strenght

Answer 16

physical contests = strength

Question 17

how does GP/P show off athens’ democracy

Answer 17

race to Acropolis - everyone can compete

Question 18

how does GP/P show off athens’ wealth

Answer 18

panathenaic amphorae - expensive
peplos - expensive dyes

Question 19

how does GP/P celebrate athens’ connection with athena

Answer 19

its a celebration for her birthday
contests celebrate her domains (wisdom, warfare)
whole city honours her in processions

Question 20

what is the great panathenaia and who can take part in it

Answer 20

a celebration for athena’s birthday, whole city can get involved

Question 21

where is the GP depicted

Answer 21

ionic frieze on Parthenon

Question 22

how did City Dionysia originate

Answer 22

Eleutherae sent a statue of dionysus to athens, athens rejected it, got an epidemic affecting mens genitals, took back statue and created festival to keep Dionysus happy

Question 23

when does CD take place and why

Answer 23

spring to because D is god of rebirth and its warm so people would travel abroad to see the plays

Question 24

where does the CD happen

Answer 24

sanctuary of Dionysus, Athens

Question 25

what is the pompe

Answer 25

grand procession on day 1 of CD which accompanies wooden statue of dionysus. people carried phallases, bread and fruit

Question 26

what are dithyrambic contests

Answer 26

choral dancing contests on day1 of CD. 100 men form each tribe of athens would participate

Question 27

what is the komos

Answer 27

men-only drinking party where participants brought leather phallases. happened on day1 of CD

Question 28

what happened on day2 of CD

Answer 28

opening ceremony, and 5 comedies

Question 29

what happened on day 3-5 of CD

Answer 29

3 tragedies, 1satyr play performed

Question 30

what was sacrificed during CD

Answer 30

1 piglet

Question 31

who was the eponymous archon

Answer 31

selected official for 1 year who chose playwrights for the City Dionysia

Question 32

who was the choregos

Answer 32

the one who financed the plays in CD

Question 33

how were plays in CD judged

Answer 33

10 judges would choose their favourite, and write it in a paper. 5 papers were choosed and the most common playwright on those 5 papers won

Question 34

what did the winning playwright in the CD win

Answer 34

garland of ivy

Question 35

when did the P/GP take place

Answer 35

summer - july to august

Question 36

how often did the CD happen

Answer 36

every year

Question 37

what are the roman festivals

Answer 37

lupercalia and saturnalia

Question 38

when and how often does the lupercalia take place

Answer 38

every year on February the 15th

Question 39

who are the luperci

Answer 39

Roman patrician men selected anually to be priests in the lupercalia

Question 40

what is the lupercal

Answer 40

the cave in the palatine hill where the sacrifice during the lupercalia takes place

Question 41

who does the lupercalia honour

Answer 41

lupercus, the god of fertility and romulus because he was nursed by the she-woldf in the lupercal cave

Question 42

what is sacrificed during the lupercalia and why

Answer 42

a dog or goat because they are fertile animals

Question 43

what is different about the process of the sacrifice during the lupercalia

Answer 43

blood of animal it put on luperci''s forehead then wiped off with a milk'soaked wool cloth

Question 44

who participates in the lupercalia sacrifice

Answer 44

only the luperci

Question 45

where do the luperci run the race

Answer 45

starting from the lupercal and around the palatine hill

Question 46

why do the luperci run naked

Answer 46

because that is how lupercus runs in the wild

Question 47

what do the luperci do to grant women fertility

Answer 47

whip them with strips of dog/goat skin as they run the race

Question 48

when does the saturnalia take place

Answer 48

winter solstice, around december 21st

Question 49

how long is the saturnalia

Answer 49

3-7 days, depending on the emperor

Question 50

what does the saturnalia celebrate

Answer 50

Saturn (Cronus) and the sowing of the seed