Panhellenic Sanctuaries: Delphi And Olympia Flashcards
Statuary
Kouroi and korai were heavily influenced by Egyptian, rigid art styles
Main features at the sanctuary of Delphi (5)
7th century temple of Apollo, later rebuilt
Omphalos stone
Oracle of Pythia
4th century theatre
Stadium - 586 Pythian games lasted a week here
Offerings left at the temple of Delphi (6)
Siphnian treasury 526-525 490 Athenian treasury 570 Naxian monument 6th century Chryselephantine Apollo and Athena 6th century life size silver bull 479 tripod of platea
Administrative places in the sanctuary of Olympia
Altis - sacred precinct
Prytaneion - residence of magistrates and feasting hall
Palaestra - gymnasium and wrestling school
Leonidaion - 4th century guest house
Bouleuterion - council house
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
(5)
Made of granite, most important structure in the altis
East pediment shows Pelops and the evil king; Zeus is in the middle
Centaurs vs Lapiths on the west pediment
Hercules’ 12 labours
Chryselephantine statue of Zeus, seated
Offerings at the temple of Zeus (3)
Post 421 votive statuary of Messenians who helped the Spartans at Sphacteria
Helmets and tripods
Votive pits found under banks at the stadium, 4th century
How do you create a sacred space?
Horoi (stones) create a termenos (enclosed area) which becomes Hieron (sacred land)
Examples of sacred spaces (6)
- 9th century apisidial temple, heraion at Perachora
- 8th century rectangular temple of Artemis, Ephesus
- 630-40 temple of Apollo, Thermon, terracotta metopes of Perseus running with Medusa’s head
- 590 temple of Artemis, Corfu, medusa on the medicaments
- 540 wooden pinax, Corinth, dedicated to nymphs
- 670-75 matikolos Apollo, bronze votive statuary offering
Academic opinions (2)
Osbourne
-sanctuaries were polis boundary markers
Cartwright
-Delphi was managed by an independent Delphic Amphictyony
