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    The document summarizes the four major Panhellenic games of ancient Greece: the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean games. It provides details on the location, dates, events, and sacred sites associated with each game. The Olympic games were held every four years at Olympia in honor of Zeus. The Pythian games were held every four years at Delphi in honor of Apollo. The Isthmian games were biennial events held at the Isthmus of Corinth in honor of Poseidon. The Nemean games occurred every other year at Nemea and celebrated Zeus. Each game featured athletic competitions and was organized around sacred sanctuaries dedicated to the respective gods.

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    The document summarizes the four major Panhellenic games of ancient Greece: the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean games. It provides details on the location, dates, events, and sacred sites associated with each game. The Olympic games were held every four years at Olympia in honor of Zeus. The Pythian games were held every four years at Delphi in honor of Apollo. The Isthmian games were biennial events held at the Isthmus of Corinth in honor of Poseidon. The Nemean games occurred every other year at Nemea and celebrated Zeus. Each game featured athletic competitions and was organized around sacred sanctuaries dedicated to the respective gods.

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    AGA Chapter 5: The

    Sites of the Crown


    Competitions
    The 4 Panhellenic
    (Stephanitic “Crown”) games
    ▪ The ‘period’ (circuit): 4-year cycle
    ▪ Year 1: Isthmian/Olympic
    ▪ 2: Nemean
    ▪ 3: Isthmian/Pythian
    ▪ 4: Nemean
    ▪ 5: Isthmian/Olympic, etc.
    Olympic Games
    ▪ Founded in 776
    ▪ Held at Olympia
    ▪ Run by Elis
    ▪ Every 4 years
    ▪ August or
    September
    ▪ In honor of
    Zeus
    ▪ Prize: crown of
    olive leaves
    Landscape (fig 166)
    ▪ Hill of Kronos
    ▪ The Altis (Sanctuary)
    ▪ Dedications and altars throughout
    f.172
    the Altar of Zeus (fig 167)
    (37g)
    ▪ The “Black Layer”
    f.176
    1st phase of building (c.620)
    ▪ Pelopion: the story
    of Pelops (37f)
    ▪ Prytaneion (the
    home fire) (37l)
    ▪ Heraion (fig. 169)
    (37h)
    ▪ Lack of amenities
    at Olympia
    Treasuries (c. 525-475 BC)
    ▪ Olympic staff
    Temple to Zeus, c. 460 (37c,e)
    ▪ Sourcebook fig 3
    ▪ Sacred grove
    Sculptured Reliefs (f.170)
    Ivory-Gold
    Statue of
    Zeus, f. 171
    (37d)
    2nd phase (460-323) (plan 2)
    ▪ Zanes (37m)
    ▪ Workshop of
    Pheidias
    ▪ Bouleuterion:
    Olympic Council
    ▪ Baths
    Fig. 173
    3rd phase (323 onward)
    ▪ Gymnasium/
    palaistra
    complex (37s)
    ▪ Leonidaion
    hotel
    ▪ Exedra
    (nymphaion)
    Tunnel entrance (fig. 175)
    Echo Stoa and Apodyterion
    (fig. 174)
    Stadium
    fig 167
    Hellanodikaion, f. 176
    ▪ Altar to Demeter
    Pythian Games (37t)
    ▪ Panhellenic in 586
    ▪ at Delphi
    ▪ Run by a council
    of 12 tribes
    ▪ every 4 years
    ▪ For Apollo
    ▪ Laurel leaves
    ▪ Mousikos agon
    Olympia vs Delphi, f. 177
    Pythian Theater, f. 178
    Peribolos (sacred sanctuary)
    ▪ Temple to Prudent Athena (plan 3)
    Kleobis and
    Biton of Argos,
    fig 180 (8a)
    Stadion at Delphi
    Gymnasion, f. 186
    Gymnasion, f. 184
    Isthmian Games
    ▪ Panhellenic in 580
    ▪ At Isthmia (37u)
    ▪ Run by Corinth
    ▪ every other year
    ▪ For Poseidon
    ▪ Pine wreath
    then celery
    ▪ Mousikos agon
    ▪ Ino & Palaimon
    Palaimonion (Sacred
    Sanctuary)
    Site plan (plan 4)
    Nemean Games
    ▪ Panhellenic in 573
    ▪ Held at Nemea (37v)
    ▪ Run by Argos
    ▪ every other year
    ▪ For Zeus
    ▪ celery leaves
    ▪ Funereal
    ▪ Opheltes
    ▪ Strictly a Gymnikos Agon
    Epipola (Sacred
    Sanctuary) f. 191
    Model, fig 192, plan 5
    ▪ Shrine to Opheltes
    ▪ The temple to Zeus and the long altar
    Entrance to Stadium, f.198
    Entrance,
    f. 199

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