The Games at Athens

ISBN-13: 9780876616413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 32 str.

Jenifer Neils; Stephen V. Tracy

Opis

This attractive book presents a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held at Athens every four years in honor of the city s patron goddess, Athena. The highlight of the city s festival calendar, with its musical, athletic, and equestrian contests, tribal events, processions, sacrifices, and other activities, the Greater Panathenaia involved all the residents of Athens; not just adult males but women, children, metics (resident aliens), foreigners, and even slaves. The facilities, administration, program events, prizes, and associated monuments are described."