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The Panathenaia
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The Panathenaia
most important festival in Athens
on the end of July each year
WHEN
eight days
HOW LONG
RANGES
religious events/ sporting/ musical
PROCESSION
PROCESSION
Main event
procession through the city
Main event
Birthday present for Athens
Birthday present for Athens
peplos (gold and purple robe), in the fabric were woven mythological victory
Beginning
Dipylon gate (largest gate)
Beginning
Participants
participants
Many levels of society
Sanctuary
Only Athenian citizens
Sanctuary
On the frieze of the temple was depicted the procession of the Panatenaia
End
End
100 sacrifical animals
After
After
there was a feast and meat for the all city
Frieze
around the Parthenon temple
PARTHENON FRIEZE
Description
Drescription
- depict the procession
- builds up to a point where a young girl hands
Where
Where
British Museum
Musical events
winning competition with a prize (money or a gold crown)
MUSICAL EVENTS
Rhapsodes
(Iliad/Odyssey)
Best player of lyre and aulos
Tribal contest
competition between the ten tribes of the city
TRIBAL CONTEST
Sporting events
one of the most important athletic festival
Competitors: all over the Greece
SPORTING EVENTS
Events: 200 meters sprint, penthatlon, wrestling,boxing, equestian
victors prizes: amphoras of
olive oil
valuable commodity (who won 140 amphoras of it was rich)
Athenian politics
Panatheniac festival and City Dionysia festival were important for the athenian politic
ATHENIAN POLITICS
System of democracy:
every citizen had a vote in political decision
women and slaves weren't included
Part of democracy
The Assembly
The Council
The Tribes
The Magister
Part of democracy
The city of Dionysia
god Dionysios (festival)
The Archon had to select play wright to plays them in the best show of the festival
THE CITY OF DIONYSIA
Festival
Before the festival: there was a torchlight for Dionysos
First day: grand procession
Second day: opening cerimony then a performe
Judging
- the tribe put some name of the citizens in an sales urn;
-the tribe chose at random one name from each of the urns
-on the fifth day each judges put the playwrights' name in order of merit o a tablet. The tablets were placed in an urn.
-the playwright with most votes was the winner.
JUDGING
Theatre
The most famous was the Theatre of Dionysos in Athens
- 1500 seats
- excellent acoustic and view
Acting area:
- orchestra
- porodai
- proskene
- skene