1. Which of the following is NOT an ancient musical instrument used in competiti
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1. Which of the following is NOT an ancient musical instrument used in competition at the festivals?
a kithara, or lyre
a timbrel, or bell
a diaulos, or double flute
an aulos, or flute
2. At Athens the equivalent games of the Olympic games (at Olympia), the Pythian Games (at Delphi), the Isthmian Games (at Corinth) and the Nemean Games (at Nemea, or Thebes) were called this:
3. Which of the following fun-facts about the worship of Athena during the Panathenaea is NOT true?
Athena was ritually ridiculed with a ceremony in which dirty woolen socks were draped from the corners of her temple
Athena's special peplos in the Parthenon was taken down and washed and cleaned for another year of use
A month before the festival even began, a priestess of Athena and young girls carried baskets with hidden objects down old hidden steps, swapped baskets and brought them back to Athena
The culmination of the worship of Athena was a great processional parade in which Athena's peplos was carried to her from the agora up to the Acropolis
4. Which of the following is NOT true about the order of events at the Panaethaea?
The first day of the competition was "swearing in" day, and then the musical and poetic competitions, followed by a second day of track and field events in the Agora
The sixth day of the festival allowed foreigners (including the metoikoi, or alien residents) to compete in the track and field events
The fourth day of the Panathenaea was horse racing day outside the city walls, down by the ocean.
The fifth night of festival featured a special torch race in which the ten tribes of Athens passed a torch down a road from a place outside the city called the Academy through the famous Dipylon Gate, through the agora, to the Acropolis.
5. One race on the final day of the Panathenaea finished halfway up to the top of the Acropolis to the Eleusinium ("the Eleusis house"). Which race was that?
Explanation / Answer
1. a timbrel, or bell
is NOT an ancient musical instrument used in competition at the festivals.
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