Great Panatheneia Information Flashcards
In the great Panathenaia, every fifth year, what events were there ?
For men and youths
- reciting Homer and music
- athletics
- equestrian events
- team events for tribes
- a torch race
- a boat race
Where were the musical events held ?
In the Agora until the odeion was built in the south slope of the Acropolis
What did victors at a typical Panhellenic game win ?
What would a Victor at Athens win ?
- A crown and a pension from their city
- a substantial sum; 4th Century BC first prize for Lyre competition was a crown of gold leaf worth 1,000 dramchmas and 500 silver drachmas
- Athletic prizes were jars of olive oil
What did the winner of the youths wrestling win ?
Why was oil important ?
Forty jars of oil worth about 480 drachmas
- procured from sacred olive trees to Athena containing 38-39 litres of oil
Why were the vases important for winners of Athletic competitions?
Designed with Athena on the front and the rear was the event in which the competitor had won
How many vases were required for the games and how many surivive today ?
1.4k vases needed each year but only 300 survive today
What might some winners have written after them and what is an example of one ?
A poem might be composed
- Pindar writes one for the victory of wrestling fro either Theaios or Hera of Argos
- firstly it praises the heroes of that city, then praises the Athlete
What would be sacrificed to Athena during the festival ?
Hecatomb of 100 oxen
What are some examples of sporting events with specific names ?
Apobates
Torch relay
Boxing
Pankrateon
All open to Athenians
What would resident foreigners wear during the procession ?
Purple cloaks but they are still involved in the procession (metikoi- resident foreigners)
What was involved in the procession and what was possibly placed on it ?
Ceremonial wooden bait with a new peplos for Athena possibly hoisted as a sail
What were the poetic contests judged on ?
Recitation or singing from the works of Homer and other poets
Which events are open to outsiders ?
All the events on the first four days however the fifth day which was team events was only open to the ten Athenian tribes making its Panhellenic status argueable
What did the tribal contests include ?
A strength and beauty contest the euandria
A Pyrrhic dance: war dance imported by each tribe accompanied by a diaulos
Prizes included 100 drachmae and a bull
When did the making of the peplos start and by who ?
9 months prior to the festival, the priestesses of Athena and the arrhephoroi
- four girls of noble family selected annually by the king archin
What was the peplos decorated with ?
What actually is it ?
With the aristeia of Athena and her victory over Ecceladus
It was a simple rectangular peice of cloth around 2 by 1/2 meters wrapped around the wearer and pinned at the shoulders
What was the other peplos to Athena ?
It was huge made by the professional weavers of the Athens
What is our source for the larger peplos ?
The poet stratus writes in about 400bc refers to countless men hosting ropes to raise the peplos to the top of the mast
- maybe draped over Athena Parthenos or hung in the temple
Could foreigners enter the Acropolis ?
It was forbidden apart from natives
Even resident foreigners couldn’t enter the Acropolis
