Centauromachy

• Centauromachy

  Battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths
• Who was the ruler of the Lapiths?

  Ixion
• What did Ixion not give to Deioneus?

  The bride money for his new wife (Dia) to his father in law
• What did Deioneus do when he didnt get the money?

  Stole some of Ixions horses
• What was Ixions original crime?

  Killing his father in law, Deioneus
• How did Ixion kill Deioneus?

  He pretended to forgive him and invite him for dinner but then he pushed him into a pile of burning wood
• What happened to Ixion after he killed Deioneus?

  He got exiled and no priest wanted to purify him.
• Who invited Ixion to Mount Olympus?

  Zeus
• What did Ixion do on mount Olympus?

  Lusted for Hera
• What did Zeus create to fool Ixion?

  A cloud resembling Hera called Nephele
• What did Ixion do with Nephele?

  Mate with her and produce Centaurus
• What did Zeus do with Ixion?

  Struck him with a lightning bolt and banished him to Tartarus, where he was bound to a spinning wheel of fire for eternity
• What did Centaurus do?

  Mated with horses on Mount Pelion and fathered the race of centaurs
• At what wedding did the centauromachy occur?

  Pirithous and Hippodamia
• Who was invited to the wedding?

  The Lapiths and centaurs
• Why did the centaurs get wild at the wedding?

  They got drunk on wine
• What did the centaurs attempt to do at the wedding?

  Rape the Lapith women
• What were the Lapiths fighting with?

  Anything that came to hand- mixing bowle, cups, jars
• What were the centaurs fighting with?

  Trees and boulders
• Who helped stop the fight?

  Theseus
• What did the centauromachy represent to the Greeks?

  The victory of order over disorder
• How were the centaurs generally presented?

  -Faces with animal features

  -Wearing animal skins

  -Armed with tree branches
• How were the Lapiths generally presented?

  -Fight nude or wear a short cloak

  -Hold a sword or spear, use shields
• What was depicted on the north side of the Parthenon metopes?

  the fall of Troy
• What was depicted on the East side of the Parthenon metopes?

  Gigantomachy
• What was depicted on the West side of the Parthenon metopes?

  The Amazonomachy
• What was the purpose of the metopes?

  -Reflecting Athenas role as the goddess of war

  -Representing Greek civilisation and supremacy over barbarism

  -Representing the dangers of foreign and otherness
• Why were the metopes difficult to see?

  -Highly fragmented

  -10 metres up on the temple

  -Not have been sculpted from the same individual
• What was depicted on the Western pediment on the temple of Zeus?

  The centauromachy
• What was depicted on the Bassae frieze on the temple of Apollo?

  The centauromachy
• What was depicted on the Eastern pediment on the temple of Zeus?

  The chariot race between Pelops and Oenomaus
• What are the strengths of depicting the Centauromachy on a metope?

  -Range of different moments

  -Greater variety
• What are the weaknesses of depicting the Centauromachy on a metope?

  -Limited space

  -Story might be difficult to recognise

  -Different artists-different styles
• What are the strengths of depicting the Centauromachy on a frieze?

  -Continuous story

  -Greater space for movement
• What are the weaknesses of depicting the Centauromachy on a frieze?

  Lack of range/variety
• What are the strength of depicting the Centauromachy on a pediment?

  -Striking and eye catching

  -Establish hierarchy (key characters in the middle)
• What are the weaknesses of depicting the Centauromachy on a pediment?

  -Lack of space in corners

  -Can only show a single scene