PROJECT TIME
TASK:4
FIND PICTURES OF ANCIENT
POTTERY,PAINTINGS OF THE
OLYMPIC GAMES OF MODERN
ART SHOWING ATHLETIC
EVENTS AND EXPLAIN WHAT
THEY SHOW:
Whether or not the pictures on
Greek pottery are realistic in all
their details, they do give us a
snapshot of ancient Greek athletics.
GREEK ATHELTE
BOXERS
PANKRATION AMPHORA
PANKRATION TRAINING
PANATHENAIC PRICE AMPHORA
ETRUSCAN BOXING AMPHORA
BOXERS ON AMPHORA
WRESTLES AND TRAINERS
DISCUS THROWER
Two athletes: the one on the left
holds a strigil; the one on the right an aryballos.
The first Olympic Games
were held in 776 B.C. at Mount Olympia. They consisted
of a single race of 200 meters.
A
ncient Olympia
Olympi
an Games
Disthe
nes at the Olympic Games
A
ncient Greek Olympics
Chario
t Racer
Lydian
Gymnasts
Greek
Runners
BY GEORGIA
SIATORE B4'