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Ancient World Review: July 2016  Jul 29, 2016 ... Archaeological findings show that there were also several settlements in Germany. ... finding meant that the Neanderthals were systematically driving the animals ... Many of these tablets, originally discovered in 2014, are "ancient IOUs" .... "in the funeral games for Patroclus [described by Homer] the chariot...
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Nagy_h24h the first 15 hours 2012.10.14.pdf - iSites - Harvard ...  Achilles and Patroklos as cult heroes of a poetic event .... Among the most prominent of the ancient Greek city-states were Athens, Sparta,. Corinth .... in his death on a funeral pyre on the peak of Mount Oeta, that Hrakls is at long last admitted ... Evidence also places these practices of hero worship and animal sacrifice.
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Ancient World Review: Games  Jul 26, 2016 ... Similar funeral games for other heroes are recorded, and heroes as well .... "The travertine surfaces of the open air stadium, where gladiators once fought lions, had ... were built to last in the classical world; these days they're built to be .... the circus arena or thrown into a cage with wild animals, often lions.
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Greek games and spectacles: a copyright free sourcebook with ...  Events are singing to the lyre, playing the aulos (flute), singing to the aulos ... 8th century CE) the athletes at the funeral games for Patroclus wore clothes (. ... The first victor in the stadion, the premier foot race at the Olympic Games to run naked ... These were followed by charioteers, some of whom drove four horse chariots,...
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The 'Noble' Shepherd in John 10: Cultural And Rhetorical Background  The Greek adjective is , not ; and these two words refer to quite different ... The battle, moreover, was fought in defense of Athens, and so benefitted the city's .... The premier aspect of justice celebrated in the annual memorial for Athens' .... funeral games were ordained in his honor, as in the case of Patroclus (italics added).
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The sports events - Olympics  The ancient Olympic Games were initially a one-day event until 684 BC, when they ... Running contests included: ... Greeks believed that it was founded by Theseus when he defeated the fierce Minotaur in the labyrinth. Equestrian events. These included horse races and chariot races and took place in the Hippodrome,...
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Ancient Olympics in Olympia Greece  Ancient Olympics in Olympia Greece. ... The winners of these competitions became as famous as the athletes. ... At the 20th Olympiad in 688 BC one of the most popular Olympic sports even today was introduced: Boxing. ... for the Four Horse Chariot Race so the horse racing was held at the hippodrome next to the stadium.
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Circus Maximus - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Jun 12, 2013 ... The Circus Maximus was a chariot racetrack in Rome first constructed in the 6th century BCE. The Circus was also used for other public events such as the Roman Games and gladiator fights and was last used for chariot races in the 6th century CE.
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Ancient Olympic Games - Wikipedia  The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. 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 games started in Olympia, Greece, in a sanctuary site for the Greek...
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Gladiator - Wikipedia  A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and ... Livy dates the earliest Roman gladiator games to 264 BC, in the early stages...
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BELLEROPHON AND PEGASUS (a Greek legend), Tell Me a Story ...  Sep 21, 2008 ... That night Bellerophon built an altar in honor of Athena, and as he slept ... At dawn Bellerophon woke, and to his amazement a golden bridle lay at his side. ... There he saw the famous horse, the beautiful, wild, winged Pegasus, ... around and could feel the monster's burning breath, which gave him an idea.
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Free Flashcards about ANCIENT HISTORY - StudyStack  IN ANCIENT TIMES THE CELTS USED THESE TALLEST DOGS IN BATTLE TO PULL ENEMIES FROM THEIR HORSES, IRISH WOLFHOUNDS. IN ANCIENT...
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Pato, the traditional Argentine game - BuenosAiresHerald.com  Nov 8, 2015 ... The earliest reference to the game of Pato dates back to the year 1610, ... As can be imagined, injuries were common and players were sometimes killed, usually by falling off their horse and being trampled on by other horses. ... Today, Pato can best be described as a cross between Polo and Basketball.
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jeopardy/2645_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ROMAN AROUND | In 275 B.C. Manius Curius Dentatus brought the first of these animals to Rome; that was about 60 years before Hannibal | an elephant.
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ORTHRUS (Orthros) - Two-Headed Dog of Greek Mythology  ... Mount Olympus  Hades  Elysium  Tartarus  Atlantis  Hyperborea  Myths Encyclopedia A-Z ... ORTHROS (Orthrus) was a two-headed, serpent-tailed dog which guarded the fabulous, red cattle of Geryon on the island of Erytheia. ... Orthros (Orthrus), in furious might like Kerberos (Cerberus) his brother-hound: a herdman...
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Ancient Greece - Olympic Games  The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honour of their gods. ... In the pancratium, the most rigorous of the sports, the contest continued until one or ... Horse-racing, in which each entrant owned his horse, was confined to the wealthy ... These weights were known as 'halteres' were held in front of the athlete...
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Medieval Bestiary : Phoenix  A bird that rises anew from the ashes of its funeral pyre ... that "The phoenix can also signify the resurrection of the righteous who, gathering the ... he finds that he can carry; then he hollows out the ball, and puts his parent inside, after which ... Then comes the priest and finds the ashes piled up, and separating them softly he...
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The Mad Monarchist: February 2010  Feb 1, 2010 ... A shrine was set up in Switzerland at the sight of the accident and she ..... Saintly Royals Sunday ..... In one area republican troops were forced to resort to cannibalism to ..... The XXI Winter Olympic Games have begun in Vancouver, British ... In 1928 Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands opened the games in...
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HISTORY: How the Olympic Games began - USA Swimming  Greece and the earliest recorded Olympic competition was in 776 B.C. So important were these ... previous to that remote date. ... During the Homeric age, these festivals were simply sacrifices followed by games at the tomb or before the funeral pyre. ... The first recorded victor in 776 B.C. was Coroebus of Elis, a cook.
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Orthrus - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, Orthrus or Orthus was, according to the mythographer Apollodorus, a two-headed dog who guarded Geryon's cattle and was killed by Heracles. He was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and the brother of Cerberus, who was also a multi-headed guard dog. ... The poet Pindar refers to the "hounds of Geryon" trembling before Heracles.
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Rhinoceros - The Royal Court Theatre  Rhinoceros begins in a small town square where Jean, a refined young .... A character called Berenger appears in four of Ionesco's plays: Rhinoceros, The. Killer, Exit ... He later admitted that these ... find that the name Theatre of the Absurd which has been glued on to us ..... actors will wear once they've turned into animals.