British museum's running girl artifact

Week 2 Discussion Question for Hum111

"Ancient Greece and Athletics" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

· Describe the ancient Greek competitive character, and compare the ancient Olympics (as a festival featuring athletics) to the Olympics today, identifying any major differences. Explain what the Olympic rules regarding females and evidence, such as the "running girl" artifact, reveal about female status and Greek athletics in particular Greek city-states.

Explore

Ancient Greek Athletics and Female Status

· Chapter 4 (p. 118), Olympics. Chapters 4 (pp. 113-114), women in Sparta; For Athens later, see pp. 137-8.

· British Museum’s Running Girl artifact at http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/bronze_figure_of_a_girl.aspx

· Philadelphia’s Penn Museum on Women and Greek athletics at http://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicsexism.shtml

TEMPLATE

Week 2 Discussion Template: Please copy, fill in with your own research and words:

Hello Class and Dr. C, here is my main Discussion Post for Week 2:

The 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?

 Thanks

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