“Way to go McKenzie!” she replied. Making the OPD (Olympic Development Program) track team means I’m one step closer to reaching my dream. At our first practice, I was told that managers from the Olympics will be watching our track meets and that they will only pick one boy and one girl for each race. I was also told that I would be running against one of the nation’s best runners. When I met my component, Hailey McIntosh, she told me that she has won every race she’s ever been in and that she would most likely get the
He is also the only god that is able to bring someone back from the underworld. He defeated Thanatos and brought his mother from the underworld back to Mount Olympus. Dionysus is probably the most important god in our everyday life. He is associated with rebirth after death like from when he was ripped apart by the Titans and resurrected by Rhea, mother of gods. This is symbolically shown by the nurturing of vines, where the vines must be trimmed back, and then be left alone in winter for them to grow different fruit.
The Spartans also took great pride in their succession of the running events. One particular running race that the ancient Spartans had great success in was the “stadion race” where from the total thirty six champions, twenty one were Spartan. The major factor within Sparta that sets it apart from the rest of Greece is the inclusion of women into these sporting events. Women were often included in athletic exercise in order to better prepare them for child birthing, and in turn, produce better Spartan citizens. The women however did not just participate in these sports, they too, like the men chose to excel at it.
Classical Societies Axia College University of Phoenix Paul Davis The Temple of Athena Nike The temple began construction around 427 BC, and was completed during the unrest of the Peloponnesian war. The reason for Athena Nike being built was to express Athens' ambitions to become a world power, it was constructed of white marble and built in stages. The temple was small in size, but was positioned in a way that the Athenian people could worship the "goddess of victory" in hopes of having prosperous outcomes in times of war, which were many. The architecture of the temple was from a plan by Kallikrates, and is considered the earliest and smallest temples in the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The temple constituted
Spartan Women According to feminist Simon de Beauvoir author of The Second Sex “More than any other Greek women, Spartans have been subject of praise or blame from antiquity to present.” . The women of Sparta have a vital role within Sparta society as they were responsible for producing healthy babies as well as partaking in the running of the economy. They differ greatly from their Greek counterparts in that not only do they have an education which enables them to participate on Spartan society but they can own land and partake in sports and ceremonies. Unlike their other Greek counterparts Spartan women received a thorough education and harsh upbringing so they could play a greater role in Spartan society. Spartans were they only Greek society that prescribed a public education for girls.
(Doc.3) It saved Constantinople twenty four times of invasions. Without the walls the Byzantine Empire would have been taken over by invaders much sooner. Greek fire was another contribution to the survival of Constantinople. (Doc.4) Greek Fire is a mixture of explosives that the navy used when the Arabs attempted to take the city. Constantine IX defeated the Arabs at Constantinople with the use of Greek fire.
Factors that helped shape the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002 were social, economic and political factors. Sybil Newall from Great Britain competed in the 1908 games that were held in Great Britain. Only 2 percent of the athletes were women. The percentage went higher in 1992 from 2 percent to 29 percent. Hassiba Boulmerka an Algerian competitor, who competed in the 1992 games in Spain states that she wins give her confidence for all women in her country.
Overall females weren’t encouraged to be athletes with the exception of Spartan Girls. The Spartans believed that athletic women would be strong warriors, so they trained girls alongside girls in sports. In Sparta girls also competed naked or in skimpy outfits and boys were allowed to watch. Slide
Athens decided to worry more about culture. The Spartans Goverment had A War Like Attitude and best met the needs of ancient Greece. The Athen democratic government, gave the citizens in Greece more freedom. Only Some of the total population of Athens actually had voting rights and all of these citizens were upper class men who were over thirty years old. Women were given
As a middle school runner I mainly ran 3ks which was ran on the same course as high school but was only 1.8 miles. I remember the senior runners screaming at me to run faster because it’s only a 3k its nothing compared to a 5k. The taunting from the upper class only made me run twice as hard during practice and running events, just to prove I had what it took to make varsity and run a 5k. My coach in instantly took note on how