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Greek festivals Flashcards

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What is a festival

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A day or period of celebration, typically for religious reasons

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Name two Greek festivals

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Great Panathenia and City Dionysia

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Who was the great panathenia dedicated to

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Athena, patron goddess of Athens

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Which mythical hero was said to have held the first panathenia festival

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Theseus

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5
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What did the panathenia celebrate

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Athenas birthday

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How long were the panathenia and great panathenia

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Panathenia lasted 5 days, great panathenia lasted 8 days

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When the the panathenia and great panathenia held

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Panathenia held every year, great panathenia held every 4 years

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When did the great panathenia start

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566BC

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Who took part in the panathenia festivals

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Only the Athenian people

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10
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List 5 events that took place in the great panathenia

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-Rhapsodic and musical contests
-The stadion
-Wresting
-Boxing
-Pankration
-Pentathlon
-Equestrian events
-Tribal contests

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What were rhapsodic music contests like

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-Verses recited from Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
-Four main competitions; aulos(oboe) and the Kithara(harp)

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What was the sporting events like

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-3 out of 8 days in great panathenia
-Women could not compete
-Winners received a varied amount of Panatheniac amphorae, filled with olive oil
-Only Athenians could compete

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What was the Stadion like

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-Running event in which competitors would run the length of the stadium

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What was Wrestling like

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-Theseus introduced wrestling as a sporting contest after defeating King Cercyon of Eleusis
-Competitors attempted to get opponent onto their back
-Competitors covered themselves in oil

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What was Boxing like

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-Competitors would not wear any protective head gear
-Athletes wrapped leather strips around knuckles
-Objective was to knock down opponent

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What was Pankration like

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-Translates to ‘all strength’
-Mixture of boxing and wrestling
-No eye gouging or biting

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What was the Pentathlon like

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-Discus, javelin, long jump, stadion and wrestling

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What was the equestrian events like

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-Fourth day, four horse chariot race
-Mounted javelin contests
-Apobates took place on seventh day
-Prizes went to owner of horse, not the rider

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What was the Apobates

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Fully armoured charioteers dismounting their chariots while racing, running alongside them then mounting them again

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What were tribal contests like

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-Open to Athenians, who competed their 10 tribes
-First event was strength trails
-Second was the boat race, took place in port time of Piraeus
-Third was a war dance competition accompanied by aulous

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What was the procession like in the great panathenia

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-Evening before procession an all night celebration took place on the Acropolis
-Torch race from Diplion gate to the Acropolis
-Winners torch for sacrificial offering

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22
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What would be given to the statue of Athena

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Peplos, a purple robe

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Where would the sacrifice in the Panathenia take place

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At the Altar to Athena Polias in the Parthenon

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What is the Peplos and describe it

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-Purple robe with yellow blue and purple flowers
-Peplos displayed Athena’s victories
-Peplos delivered on a ship
-Saffron thread

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How is the great panathenia exciting

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-Sporting and tribal competitions
-Cheer for your tribe, sense of belonging
-Listen to exciting myths as rhapsodies

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How does the great panathenia honour the gods

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-Procession around giving Peplos, showing gratitude to Athena
-Torch race, winner lights sacrificial flame
-Amphorae with Athena on it

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What were opportunities to participate in the great panathenia like

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-Only Athenians, showing patriotism
-Tribal contests
-Range of sports+ different types of events
-Women could not compete in sporting events

28
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How does the great panathenia celebrate the city

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-Holiday time, break from work
-Community spirit
-Bring people together

29
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Which day was when Athenians presented Athena with her gift

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Sixth day

30
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What scenes were on a Peplos

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Battle between gods of Olympus

31
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What was included in the Panatheniac sacrifice

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100 oxen and other animals offered to Athena (hecatomb)

32
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Who was the city dionysia dedicated to, and what is he dedicated to?

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Dionysus, god of theatre, revelry and wine

33
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When was the city dionysia founded

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Sixth century BC

34
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What did the Athenians do to the statue of dionysus at first

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They originally rejected it

34
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Where was the statue of dionysus from

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Eleutherae

35
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What made the Athenians decide to take the statue in

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A plague took place and they believed it was from Dionysus because they didn’t take the statue in

36
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When did the city dionysia take place

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March, springtime festival

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How long was the city dionysia

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5 days long

38
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Where does the parade in the city dioynsia start and end

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Gate of Athens to the sanctuary of Dionysus

39
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Where was the sanctuary of Dionysus

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South side of Acropolis

40
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What was important about the place of the altar of Dionysus

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It was in the centre of an open space which showed it was the central part of the festival

41
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What is a pompe

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Grand procession

42
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When did the pompe take place

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Morning of first day

43
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What was the pompe like

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-Resembled a carnival
-People would carry traditional sacrificial objects : Such as animals, fruits, model phalluses

44
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Why would people carry model phalluses in the pompe

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Honour of Dionysus who was god of fertility and recreation

45
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When was the libation sacrifice in the city dionysia, and who did it?

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Second day, generals of Athens poured libations for Olympic gods

46
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How much did the theatrical contest cost

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Costed 2 obols, days wage for unskilled worker. Only wealthy in society could attend theatre

47
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What was set up so poor people could attend the theatrical contests

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A theoric fund was set up for the poor

48
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How long could a single play last

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10 mins

49
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What were the two types of plays

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Comedy and tragedy

50
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What was comedy plays like in the city dionysia

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-Themes were war, politics and social life
-Characters had reversed roles

51
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Example of comic playwright

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Aristophanes, 11 plays

52
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What were tragic plays like

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-Inspired by well-known mythic and historical events of the past
-Focused on human suffering and sought to ask questions about human nature

53
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Structure of tragic plays

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Performed in trilogies + 1 satyr play

54
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What were satyr plays like

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-Comic respite after tragic plays
-Theme was mythological and did not relate to the tragedies

55
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How was the plays judged

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-Each judge wrote the plays in order of preference and placed it in a urn
-The eponymous archon drew fire of the ten lists

56
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What was the prize for winning the play award

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A garland of ivy

57
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Who was the Eponymous archon

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-Organiser of event
-Elected every year
-Selected 3 tragic and 5 comic playwrights
-Chose choregos

58
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How many plays did tragic and comic playwrights make

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-Tragic playwrights made 3 plays+1 satyr
-Comic playwrights made 1 play each

59
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Who was the choregos

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-Payed for the city dionysia and festival, financial sponsor

60
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What type of actors were selected for the plays

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Professionals, Amateurs and Dithyramb

61
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Who were the dithyramb

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-100 members from each tribe took part(1000 people)
-Choral done to Dionysus(included everyone in society)
-Women were not allowed to act

62
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What would they do the night before the festival

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-Torchlight procession
-Carry wooden horse into city that was given from Eleutherae

OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Myth and Religion (21 decks)

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