Greek Sacrifice: Source C Women And Bulls Flashcards
What does Source C depict ?
Two women garlanding two bulls and behind them are tripods which are prizes from winning Dionysiac prizes
What are the women putting around the bulls ?
Fillets (stemmata) around the horns of the bulls
What are the women wearing ?
Why is this signifcant
Peplos which informs us that there is a vague dress code for religious activity
Why is the vase important for our understanding of the process ?
You cannot simply kill an animal there is a process for it to
- effort and time in dedication of worship
Why is it important that women are involved ?
The women involved are Parthenio who are young unmarried women
- this shows the women are involved within the prelude to the sacrifice not the killing
Why are the women a limitation ?
The women would have been upper class if they are taking part in sacrifice and this therefore does not demonstrate the experience of all women within worship in Greece
Why else is the depiction of the women a limitation ?
It is unclear wether the women on the left is a personification of the goddess Nike meaning they are in fact presentation of dieties
Who is the vase painted by and when is it dated to ?
Nausicaa painter 450BC
