Abstract

CHRISTAKI, Angélique. The political and religious setting of Olympic contests in Antiquity. Trivium [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.1, pp. 96-106. ISSN 2176-4891.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18379/2176-4891.2018v1p.96.

This article sets out to consider the origins of the Pan-Hellenic contests of Antiquity. It examines the ritual function of the agon in the religious and political setting of the Greek city-states, in particular in relation to entry into war and ending war, and its periodicity. It discusses the hypothesis that the institution of the agons, via immemorial practices, implicitly commemorates the killing of a sacred child.

Keywords : WAR; SACRED TRUCE; POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS; SACRIFICE; ANTHROPOPHAGY.

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