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Olympia
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- 1What type of sanctuary ?Panhellenic (All Greek)
People from all over Greece and its colonies would congregate here - 2When were the Olympic Games established?776 BC
- 3Locate?Western Tripoli, large Greek Island
- 4when did it change?8th C BC changed from local to inter-state under the people of Elis
- 5What indicates this change?An increase of votive offerings
- 6Why was the temple of Zeus built?After a victory over the persians, spoils of a war between Elis and Pisa were used to promote feelings of unity and self-confidence
- 7What mountain is to the north of the site?Mount Kronos
- 8WHat is shown at the east pediment?Chariot race between Peleus and Oinomaos
- 9What is at the West PedamentBattle of centaurs and Lapiths
- 10What are on the metopes?Labours of Herakles
- 11What is the order of the sculptures?Hippodameia, Pelops, Zeus, Oinomaos, Sterope
- 12Who is Oinomaos and what does he represent?King of Pisa, represents the recent local defeat over Pisa
- 13What does the pediment explain?The origins of chaariot racing
- 14What is 1 moral message?Highlights the heroism of athletes
- 15What is moral message 2?The perils of cheating, a reminder from Zeus of the oath that the athletes make in the Boulaterion
- 16Why is it relevant to cheating?Bronze statues of Zeus were along the path leading to the building where fines for cheating were paid
- 17Who is the central figure on the West pediment in both interpretations?Apollo
- 18Who are either side of Apollo in Interpretation A?Peirithous and Theseus
- 19What does it show? (A)Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths at the wedding of Peirithous
- 20Who are either side of Apollo in interpretation B?Herakles and Iolaos
- 21Theme if interpretation A matches East pediment?Family ties as Zeus is the father of Perithous
- 22Theme if interpretation B matches east pediment?locality as Herakles mirrors pelops.
And athleticism/heroism - 23Common themes of both A and B?Sanctity of marriage and civilisation over barbarism
- 24Where are the metopes located?Beneath the pediments- separate friezes
- 25One of the main themes?Labours of hercules, one on each metope
- 26Meaning?Son of Zeus and Panhellenic representation of the ultimate hero. Founder of the olympic games and supreme athlete.
- 27What events would have taken place at the Olympic games?Discus, Running, wrestling, Javelin and long jump
- 28What does the statue of Nike of Paionios represent?The victory of the Messenians over Spartans at Sphakteria in 425 BC
- 29Why is the literary evidence not very reliable?Pausanias' recounts were in 2nd C AD
- 30Statue of Zeus, who and when?Pheidas, 430s BC
- 31What is he holding?Statue of Nike and a sceptre
- 32What is the significance of how Herakles looks on the metopes?Naked- athlete and god, and wearing a Chitoniskos- warrior attire
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- Art and Archaeology (Greek Art and Architecture) Flashcards on Olympia, created by Ellen Somers on 24/01/2018.
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- Ellen Somers · Jan 2018
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