Altar of Hera on the island of Samos Plan of Olympia Ash Altar of Zeus at Olympia Olympia Stadium Bronze Geometric Period Figurines from Olympia 700s BCE Geometric Period Horses 700s BCE ID: 650406
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Plan of OlympiaSlide2
AltarsSlide3
Temple and Altar (of Hera on the island of Samos)Slide4Slide5
Plan of OlympiaSlide6
Ash Altar of Zeus at OlympiaSlide7
Olympia: StadiumSlide8
Bronze Geometric Period Figurines from Olympia (700s BCE)Slide9
Geometric Period Horses (700s BCE)Slide10Slide11
Tripod Cauldron: Prize or Votive Offering? 700S BCESlide12
Gold Bowl dedicated by the Sons of Kypselus
, a tyrant who ruled Corinth, ca. 650-625 BCESlide13
Helmet of the Athenian General Miltiades, shortly after 490 BCESlide14
Statues at Olympia: (Left) Jupiter and Ganymede from the Treasury of Syracuse, ca. 479-470 BCE; (Right) Nike of
Paionios, ca. 420 BCE, to commemorate the Battle of
Sphacteria
, ca. 425 BCESlide15
Plan of DelphiSlide16
Treasury of the AtheniansSlide17
Kleobis and Biton
, ca. 600 BCESlide18
Herodotos
tells the story of Kleobis and
Biton
...
.
There
was a festival of Hera in Argos, and their
mother absolutely
had to be conveyed to the temple by a team of oxen. But their oxen had not come back from the fields in time, so the youths took the yoke upon their own shoulders under constraint of time. They drew the wagon, with their mother riding atop it, traveling five miles until they arrived at the temple. [1.31.3] When they had done this and had been seen by the entire gathering, their lives came to an excellent end, and in their case the god made clear that for human beings it is a better thing to die than to live. The Argive men stood around the youths and congratulated them on their strength; the Argive women congratulated their mother for having borne such children. [1.31.4] She was overjoyed at the feat and at the praise, so she stood before the image and prayed that the goddess might grant the best thing for man to her children
Cleobis
and
Biton
, who had given great honor to the goddess. [1.31.5] After this prayer they sacrificed and feasted. The youths then lay down in the temple and went to sleep and never rose again; death held them there. The
Argives
made and dedicated at Delphi statues of them as being the best of men. (
Herodotos
,
Histories
)Slide19
Kouroi (singular Kouros
)Slide20
The Delphi Charioteer. 470s BCE, dedicated by Polyzalos
, tyrant of the city of Gela (Sicily)Slide21
EXAM UNKNOWNSSlide22Slide23