Athens mindmap
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- Created on: 05-05-15 21:06
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- Athens
- Proud
- Democracy
- Drama
- Artists, playwrights, philosophers.
- The Gods
- Zeus
- Lightning bolt
- Eagle
- Holding a staff
- Hera
- Halo shaped crown
- Pomegranate
- Demeter
- Anything agricultural
- Poseidon
- Trident
- Sea creatures
- Hephaistos
- Lame, sitting down
- Tools
- Apollo
- Looks young
- Metrosexual
- Musical instruments
- Bow and arrow
- Artemis
- Animals
- Hunting- bow and arow
- Athene
- Weapons- spear and shield
- Wise- owl
- Medusa's head
- Hermes
- Medical scepter
- Winged shoes and helmet
- Aphrodite
- Seashells
- Mirrors
- Ares
- Fully clad in armour
- Dionysos
- Grapes/vines
- Satyrs
- Zeus
- Temples
- Inside:
- The naos
- Sanctuary walls
- Alter
- Sacrifices
- Animal led into sanctuary. Willing = good omen
- Cleaned, ribbons on head and horns painted gold
- Participants washed themselves and put on garlands
- Maiden carried basket with barley grain and a hidden knife
- Flute player
- Priest poured water on it's head. nod = consent
- Said prayer.
- Animal stunned- head hit with club
- Priest cut animals throat, collected blood and poured on the alter
- The meat cut up and treated
- Thighbones cut off, wrapped in fat and burned on alter- smoke rose to heavens to nourish gods.
- Entrails cut out and inspected for omens
- Rest of meat boiled and shared by participants
- Inside:
- Festivals
- Panathenaia
- Every July to celebrate Athena's birthday
- Great Panathenaia every 4 years- 8 days long
- Grand procession through city to the Acropolis
- At the end gave Athene's statue a gold and purple peplos and the animal was sacrificed/ meat eaten
- Began at dawn at the Dipylon gate
- 100 sacrificial animals
- Only Athenians were allowed onto the sanctuary
- Music events
- Prizes- eg money and golden crowns
- Rhapsodes retold Iliad and Odyssey
- Lyre and aulos
- Sports events
- Most olympic events
- Eg. stadion (200m sprint), pentathlon, wrestling, boxing and equestrian events
- Tribal events
- Athenian only
- 10 tribes
- torch race from the Dipylon Gate to Acropolis and boat races at Piraeus
- Every July to celebrate Athena's birthday
- The City of Dionysia
- Previous summer- the archon selected playwrights for festival
- Chose 3 tragic playwrights who each wrote 3 tragedies and a satyr-play
- 3 comic playwrights who wrote a comedy play
- Held in late march for Dionysos
- Dionysos = god of drama = grand drama festival
- 1st day- grand procession
- 2nd and 3rd days- plays performed
- Morning- 3 tragedies and satyr from same playwrights
- After lunch- comic play
- Tribes put names of citizens into urn
- 1 name chosen from each of 10 urns
- 5th day- each judge voted for playwright and put in urn
- Archon drew 5 names out- most votes = winner
- 5th day- each judge voted for playwright and put in urn
- 1 name chosen from each of 10 urns
- Previous summer- the archon selected playwrights for festival
- Panathenaia
- Theatre
- Plan
- Orchestra- the chorus for play
- Alter- for religious sacrifices
- Parados- the entrance/ aisles
- Proskene- the stage the 3 main actors were on
- Skene- has double doors to hide or change behind. had scenery painted on (?)
- Mekhane- pully system to represent gods
- Ekkuklema- dead bodies wheeled in/out
- Thunder- box full of rocks rattled
- Semi-circle. helps acoustics
- Seats 15,000
- Seats staggered- everyone can see
- Plays
- Tragedies- sad, full of drama
- Comedies- funny, lighthearted
- Made fun of people (politicians)
- Jokes
- Costumes padded for effect
- Phalloi- string for comedic effect
- Rowdy croud
- 3 actors and chorus
- Masks- exaggerated expression and helps acoustics
- Chorus
- Tragedy- 15. Comedy- 24
- Amateurs from Athens selected
- Sang and danced in orchestra between scenes
- Comment on play/ give audience background info
- Create mood
- Wore costumes
- Plan
- Proud
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