STRAYER HUM111 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION BOTH

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

• Describe the main ancient Greek competitive character(s), 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. Provide a rationale for your response.

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Ancient Greek Athletics and Female Status

• Chapter 4 (p. 116), Olympics. Chapters 4 and 5 (pp. 111-112 and 137-8), women in Sparta and Athens
• 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

"The Athenian Acropolis and Greek Theater" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• Identify two (2) specific aspects of the Athenian Acropolis and its Parthenon, and explain their significance to ancient Greek culture and the western heritage in the arts. Comment on one (1) feature of the ancient Greek theater that you find especially intriguing. Explain the manner in which audiences today might receive the plot of the comedy Lysistrata and compare Lysistrata to a specific modern work of stage or film.

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Athenian Acropolis and the Greek Theater

• Chapter 5 (pp. 140-148) Athenian Acropolis and Art, (pp. 151-156), ancient Greek drama
• Video with article from British Museum’s Elgin marbles (from the Acropolis) athttp://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/ancient_greece_and_rome/room_18_greece_parthenon_scu.aspx
• Article with video of digital reconstruction of the Parthenon at http://arth251f11.blogs.wm.edu/2011/09/17/digital-reconstruction-of-the-parthenon/
• Theater at Epidauros (double click on images to enlarge) at http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Epidauros%2C+Theater&object=Building