25. OLYMPIA
WEBLINKS
IMAGE GALLERY
An amphora given as a prize for an athletic competition in around 500 bc. It shows two fighters in the pankration, and a referee.
The stadium at Olympia as it looks now.
An inscription recording athletic prizes from various Greek games, from the 2nd century ad.
A pair of terracotta figurines.
A Roman marble copy of Polykleitos’ Diadoumenos (Youth tying a ribbon). The ribbon is a symbol of winning an athletic competition.
A Roman statue of Hercules. As a hero famous for his superhuman strength, he was the perfect patron of athletics, and statues such as this one were popular in Roman palaestrae where athletes and citizens trained.
A painting of Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, from 1903.
‘The Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ by Salvador Dalí, painted in 1937.
ACTIVITIES AND GAMES
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Language Practice
Chpt 25, Ex. 1 (25.1)
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Language Practice
Chpt 25, Ex. 2 (25.2)
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Language Practice
Chpt 25, Ex. 3 (25.3)
Sorting
Sorting 25.1:
Which declension?
Sorting 25.2:
What case?
Sorting 25.3:
Singular or plural?
Sorting 25.4:
Which tense?
