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Ancient Athletics

Lecture 7

HOMER: Geometric Greece

 

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Bronze Tripod, h: 0.65 m., early 9th century B.C.

Archaeological Museum, Olympia B1240)

 

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Reconstruction of a hammered tripod lebes, h: 1.545 m., 8th century B.C. type

Archaeological Museum, Olympia

 

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Fragments of cast bronze tripod legs Right is B 1730, produced in Corinth 8th century B.C.

Archaeological Museum, Olympia

 

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Detail of Attic Black-Figure Amphora ca. 530 B.C.

National Museum, Copenhagen

 

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Fragment of Attic Black-Figure Plate, maximum diameter preserved 0.16m., ca. 550 B.C.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens 16459

 

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Late Geometric Attic Amphora, h: 0.32 m. Workshop of Athens 897 ca. 720-700 B.C.

National Archaeological Museum 18135

 

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Bronze Statuette of a Charioteer, Lakonian, second quarter of the 8th century B.C.

Archaeological Museum. Olympia, B 1670 H: 0.135m

 

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Miniature Bronze Charioteer, h: 0.087 m., second half 8th century B.C.

Archaeological Museum, Olympia B 3005

 

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Late Geometric Krater, second half 8th century B.C.

Archaeological Museum, Argos

 

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Detail of Geometric Kantharos, second half of 8th century B.C.

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden

 

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Attic Oinochoe, h: 0.23 m., Dipylon Cemetery, 740-725 B.C.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens 192