Ch. 10 Greek Atheletes: Myths, Motives, and Mobility
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| agnonism | contests - need to win | ||||
| Milo of Croton | olympic wrestling victor - feats of strength - greased discuss, pomegranate, pinky bending, cord with neck - Herculean appetite - dressed in lion skin, wore a club, and lead army of Croton into battle. died to the partially split log | ||||
| Theagenes of Thasos | 'son of Heracles' - pankration then running victories - proclaimed a hero and worshiped because of statue causing famine | ||||
| Diagorids of Rhodes | 4 generations of olympic victors - Diagoros, Damagetos, Akousilaos (die now), Dorieus, two sons of daughter also victorious | ||||
| Herakles as paradigm | man of body (milo's appetite, polydamas' and milo's strength), mental or moral weakness (milo, Polydamas, and Kleodemes ends) | ||||
| Pindar of Thebes | Homeric verse - lyrical poetry - 518-446 BC - international praise poet - | ||||
| phusis | nature - birth | ||||
| aidos | modesty | ||||
| albos | success/prosperity | ||||
| phthonos | envy | ||||
| kairos | right moment/good timing | ||||
| sophrosyne- | moderation, balance, an awareness of human limitation | ||||
| pattern of thought for Greeks | albos (success), koros (fullness), hubris (arrogance), ate (retribution) | ||||
| Temple of Apollo at Delphi | gnothi seauton - know theyself medan agan - nothing too much | ||||
| kalokagathia | combination of physical beauty and moral goodness | ||||
| phthonos | divine envy and disfavor | ||||
| kleos | immortality of widespread, enduring fame | ||||
| megaloprepeia | competitive, lavish expenditure | ||||
| Euthymos of Locri Epizephyrii | boxing x 3 - defeated and fined by Theagenes - "set up to be admired by the mortals" | ||||
| Polydamas of Skotussa | statue - pankration - feats of strength (wrestles lion, pulls hoof off bull, stop tethrippon with bare hand, killed 3 immortals) - tries to hold off roof of cave and died - hero | ||||
| Kleomedes of Astypalaia | boxing - kills opponent - stripped of victory - goes nuts, kills children - hides in Temple of Athena - empty box - Delphi says he is the last of heroes | ||||
| heroism | to seek out and be touched by extreme experience, good and/or evil |
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Created by:
berge
on 2011-10-16