Fiche de révision : Les jeux panathénaïques

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Origines et caractère des jeux
2. Déroulement et lieux du festival
3. Symboles et acteurs religieux

📖 1. Origines et caractère des jeux

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Jeux panathénaïques : A gathering of all the inhabitants with a religious, sports, cultural and musical nature.

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• The Panathenaic Games took place from the 23rd to the 30th of Hekatombaion and lasted 3 to 4 days.

• The king Erichthonius founded the Panathenaic Games for Athena Polias.

Compléments

• The inhabitants chose Athena's gift instead of Poseidon's gift, which explains why Athena was honored.

📖 2. Déroulement et lieux du festival

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Parthenon : The most famous temple of Athena, built in the Doric architectural style.

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• The Panathenaic Stadium was built in the 4th century and hosted the festival's athletic contests.

• One of the main events of the festival was a procession that followed the Panathenaic Way.

Compléments

• The Panathenaic Stadium hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

💡 Astuce mémo

Procession sur la voie panathénaïque, puis célébration au stade et au Parthénon.

📖 3. Symboles et acteurs religieux

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Kanephoroi : Elderly men from leading families who served as priests.

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• The Panathenaic Stadium is a 2300-year-old stadium and is a religious, cultural and civic symbol of identity.

• The peplos was a woven robe placed on Athena's statue by the Ergastines.

Compléments

• The Parthenon, the stadium and the Panathenaic Way expressed the inhabitants' devotion to their goddess and their pride in their city.

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Le péplos habille Athéna, tandis que les canéphores représentent les familles dirigeantes.