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Lecture 16APOLLOSlide2
(1) Nothing in excess (
mêden
agan
).
(2) Observe the limit.
(3) Master passion.
(4) Fear authority.
(5) Hate
hybris
.
(6) Bow to the divine.
(7) Keep woman under rule.
(8) Know [become aware of] yourself (
gnôthi
seauton
). Slide3
Physical Beauty, Athleticism
sculptural canon, chariot-racing
Ratio and Harmony
music, poetry, mathematics
Law
constitutions, law courts
Prophecy
oracle at Delphi
Self-Restraint
boundaries and limits
Enforcement
punisher of
hybris
Medicine and Purification
Apollo
Paian
, cleanser of
miasmaSlide4
olbos
kotos
hybris
atê
olbos
kotos
hybris
atê
prosperity
good fortune
luck
fullness
hunger
appetite
greed
outrageous behavior
arrogance
pride
insanity
(self-)destructionSlide5
THARGELIA
6-7
Thargelion
(April-May)
Sacrifice of sheep to “Green Demeter” on
Akropolis
, possibly also swine to Fates.
Pharmakos
ritual.
Two ugly men whipped then stoned to death; bodies burnt,
ashes thrown either into sea or scattered over land. Pharmakoi cast into sea then rescued, or cast out of community.First-fruits offered (thargelos); children affix olive branches bound with wool to doors of houses. Male choral competitions. Adoptions made official.Slide6
KARNEIA
aition
• Sons of Herakles murder
Karnos
, seer and favorite of Apollo
• Apollo inflicts Spartan army with pestilence
• Plague lifted upon institution of
Karneia
festivalSlide7
KARNEIA
(9-day late summer festival)
band
of young unmarried men with grapevines chase male garlanded and draped in wool
good fortune
if caught; if not, the reverse
young men and women dance and participate in choral performances
representatives of each tribal group encamp in the field and feast in honor of Apollo
Karnos
(Apollo the Ram?)
tribal encampment reflects Spartan military organization
sacrifice of ram to Apollo KarnosSlide8
Apollo
ephebe
Amphidromia
birth
inclusion
in family (
oikos
)
Apatouria
14-16 years
inclusion in
phratryephebeia16-18 yearsinclusion in deme and polisSlide9
APATOURIA
11-13
th
Pyanepsion
(September-October)
FIRST DAY (DORPEIA)
Shared
banquet of
phratry
members
SECOND DAY (ANARRHYSIS)Sheep sacrifice to Zeus PhratriosTHIRD DAY (KOUREOTIS)(1) Meion (sheep) sacrifice on behalf of newborn sons.
(2)
Koureion
(“shearing”) sacrifice on behalf of adolescent males (16 year-olds).
Acceptance into
phratry
,
later enrollment in two-year
ephebe
status for military training.
(3)
Gamelia
offering by newlywed males.Slide10
ephebic
oath
I will not dishonor my sacred weapons nor will I abandon my comrade wherever I am stationed. I will defend the rights of gods and men and will not leave my country smaller when I die, but greater and better, so far as I am able by myself and with the help of all. I will duly respect the rulers of the time and the existing ordinances and all others that may be established in the future. Further, if anyone tries to destroy the ordinances I will oppose him so far as I am able by myself and with the help of all. I will honor the cults of my fathers. Witnesses to this shall be the gods
Agraulus
, Hestia,
Enyo
,
Enyalius
, Ares, Athena the Warrior, Zeus, Thallo,
Auxo
,
Hegemone, Heracles, and the boundary-stones of my native land, wheat, barley, vines, olive-trees, fig-trees.