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Ancient Athletics

Lecture 8

Rise of Athletic Festivals

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Drawing from Corinthian Black-Figure Column Krater, Amphiaraus Vase, ca. 575-550 B.C.

Berlin 1655

2.

Map of the Peloponnesos

3.

Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia in the Alpheios Valley

4.

Plan of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia, Roman period

5.

Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, Mt. Parnassos

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Plan of the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, Hellenistic period

7.

Photograph of the Roman Bath at Isthmia

© David Gilman Romano

8.

Plan of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia