Aug. 28
Course Introductions
Discussion: What is sport?
Monmouth College Statement of Athletic Philosophy
Historical and Religious
Framework of the Greek Athletic World
Chronology /
Timeline of Roman History
Greek Pantheon
/ The Major Gods
/
Greek Gods and Sports
Poetry and Athletics
Pindar,
Pythian 3
/
Writing a Pindaric Epinikion /
Pindar
"Ode to
Athens" by Armand D'Angour /
A.
E. Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young"
On Sept. 4th you will
hand in your own celebration of sport modeled on a Pindaric ode. This ode
must be solidly American in its context. This ode
should be at least as long as D'Angour's "Ode to Athens."
Powerpoint:
Why Sport? |
Aug. 30
The Vocabulary and Philosophy of Sport
Crowther, Introduction
Powerpoints:
Vocabulary and Philosophy of Sport
The Vocabulary
of Sport and
Greek Athletic Vocabulary
Philosophy of Sport
the Philosophy of Sport /
Philosophies of Sport /
Resource Guide in Philosophy of Sport /
Riefenstahl's Olympia (video) /
Riefenstahl's Olympiad
Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia": Brilliant Cinematography or Nazi Propaganda?
Pindar Pythian Three Worksheet
The Modern Olympic Myth
Powerpoint:
Modern Mythmakers
"Then and Now" (Potter xvii-xxx)
Revival
of the Ancient Olympics /
The Olympic Games /
Paralympics /
IOC Website
/
C. Avery
Brundage
Amateurism vs. Professionalism, Nationalism
and Internationalism
in Ancient and
Modern Sport
The
Real Story /
Context and
Spirit of the Games / Professionals
vs. Amateurs /
Corruption's as Ancient as Games |
Sept. 4
World of Greek
Athletics
Theory and
Origin of Sport
Konrad Lorenz:
Triumph Ceremony of the Greylag Goose /
Measuring Behavior
Meynall:
Ethology and
Ethics
Sports Poem Due. |
Sept. 6
Traditional Sports in Human Culture
Athletic
Events in Prehistory /
Ancient Egyptian Sports /
Sports in Ancient China
Read Crowther 1-4 and 14 |
Sept. 11
Mayan Ballgame
Ballgame
/ Chichen
Itza
Paper Due |
Sept. 13
Sports in the Greek Bronze Age
Bulls and Bull-Leaping in the Minoan World
Athletics in Homer
Homeric
Age
Potter, Chapters 1-3
Crowther, Chapter 5
Read about the Funeral Games for Patroclus in
Iliad 23
The Homeric
Background of the Olympic Games and Chariot Races |
Sept. 18
Homeric
Sports
The Homeric
Background of the Olympic Games and Chariot Races
Paper Due |
Sept. 20
Olympia
and the Games
Tour
of Olympia /
Olympia
/ History of
Ancient Olympia /
Walking Tour of Olympia /The
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Potter, Chapters 4-7
Crowther, Chapters, 6-7
Pindar. Olympians 1-3
Tantalus and Pelops
Take Home Test this weekend!!!! |
Sept. 25
Olympic Competitions
Potter, chapter 8
Running
and Marathon
Pentathlon:
Discus;
Jumping
and Javelin
Ovid on Apollo and Hyacinthus (or
hand-out)
Miller's Ancient Greek
Athletics Syllabus
Boxing,
Wrestling, and
Pankration
Equestrian Events and Non-Athletic
Competitions
|
Sept. 27 Olympic Competitions
Cont.
Powerpoints: Running /
Pentathlon /
Combat Sports /
Equestrian Events
Ancient
Greek Athletes / Famous
Olympic Victors
Parsing
Pindaric Ode
Paper Due on Pindaric Ode |
Oct. 2
Sports in Ancient Rome
Roman
Sport
Potter, Chapters 14-18
Crowther, Chapters 8-9
Vergil,
Aeneid V
Amphitheatres, Gymnasia and Baths
Circus Maximus /
The Colosseum
Crowther, Chapter 11
Paper Due |
Oct. 4 Charioteers, Gladiators
and their Private Lives
Potter, Chapters 26-27
Crowther, Chapter 12-13
Circus and
Amphitheatre
What
happened in Roman Amhitheatre?
Gladiators' Private
Lives |
| Oct. 9 "Fall Break" No Class |
Oct. 11
Women in Ancient Sport
Women in Greek
Athletics
Female Gladiators
Gladiatrix
(Discover)
Female Gladiators in the Ancient Roman World
Potter, Chapter 25
Crowther, Chapter 16
Note: The second exam will be take home.
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