Thursday, March 12, 2015
Athletic Competitions after the Colchian Victory
Something that struck me as a little odd were the games that the Greeks hosted after their victory against the Colchians. They are still in hostile territory and are by no means safely home yet they chose to host mini Olympic games. Religion seems to be an important factor to Xenophon and the army continuously sacrifices to the gods before and after battles to win their favor. Were these games done to gain the gods' favor or was this more of a "bread and circus" situation?
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Sorry this apparently didn't post earlier but I can't post normally on my phone, so I'm commentinG instead. One of the things that stood out to me was that he said they lost 30 soldiers, slaves and animals. I just really thought it was interesting that they still had slaves while fighting in the cold mountains.
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