Power Games: Ritual and Rivalry at the Greek Olympics

When:
April 2, 2016 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
2016-04-02T11:00:00+01:00
2016-04-02T12:00:00+01:00
Where:
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont St
Oxford OX1
UK
Cost:
£5/£4 concessions
Contact:
01865 305 305

For over a millennium, Greeks flocked to the Olympic Games to celebrate the power of the gods and the human body. Focusing on the Olympics of 416 BC, David Studdard throws light on the religion and politics of the Games, the exhilaration of the competitions and the banqueting and victory celebrations which followed.