discussion week 2 Ancient Greece and Athletics

Ancient Greece and Athletics” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• Describe
  the ancient Greek competitive character, and compare the ancient
  Olympics (as a festival featuring athletics) to the Olympics today,
  identifying any major differences. Explain what the Olympic rules
  regarding females and evidence, such as the “running girl” artifact,
  reveal about female status and Greek athletics in particular Greek
  city-states.

Explore

Ancient Greek Athletics and Female Status

• Chapter 4 (p. 118), Olympics. Chapters 4 (pp. 113-114), women in Sparta; For Athens later, see pp. 137-8.
• British Museum’s Running Girl artifact at http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/bronze_figure_of_a_girl.aspx
• Philadelphia’s Penn Museum on Women and Greek athletics at http://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicsexism.shtml