Competitive Character of the Ancient Greeks

Competitive Character of the Ancient Greeks

Competitive Character of the Ancient Greeks

What are some of the advantages of being very competitive?
Assignment: Competitive Character of the Ancient Greeks

· Why do you think the competitive nature of the Greeks was so important for their success as a people and culture?

· What are some of the advantages of being very competitive?

· Greece was very small compared to all her neighbors (like Persia and Egypt) so why was being competitive a big advantage for Greece?

The Ancient Olympics vs The Modern Olympics

· Talk about the fact that Greek male athletes competed nude versus today -imagine how that would play out with modern television…

· Discuss the sheer scope of the modern games with so many nations versus the smaller number of Greek cities

· Are the Olympics today more about ‘the athletes’ or the ‘nations’?

Women in the Olympic Games

Explain what the Olympic rules regarding females.

What does artifact the “running girl” artifact, reveal about female Greek athletics?

(Please do Internet research on “Greek Running Girl Artifact”

What are women’s role in Greek society? Did they have a voice in society?

The ancient Olympic Games were originally a festival, or celebration of and for Zeus; later, events such as a footrace, a javelin contest, and wrestling matches were added. … They were held in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin. The first Olympics is traditionally dated to 776 BC.

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watchand take part. The ancient games were also a religious festival, held in honour of Zeus, the king of the gods. There were no gold, silver and bronze medals.