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Questions:
1. What were the main events of the ancient pentathlon?
2. Discuss enkrateia and sophrosyne in relation to ancient morality, religion and athletics.
3. What were the main events in the Olympic games? Discuss some key features in the history of the site, as outlined by Jake James-Finel.
4. Was the marathon an ancient Olympic event? The lighting of the Olympic flame after running a long distance? What was the origin of the latter practice?
5. Discuss the sequence koros > hybris > ate > nemesis> tisis. Give two or three examples to show you understand the terms individually and in relation to each other.
6. Discuss George Carlin's comparison of baseball and football in relation to Greek epic poetry.
7. What were the main events in the funeral games of Patroclus? Discuss. Are any of these sports still practiced, and how?
8. How does the refusal of contest its rules lead to one's downfall, in Nietzsche's account? He cites as examples Miltiades, Athens and Sparta. Place this in the context of the Greek understanding of hybris and its consequences.
9. What were the architectural models for the Horseshoe? What year was the first OSU-Michigan game played in the stadium?
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Contrast native american and european concepts of freedom
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Discuss the issues that polarized these founding brothers
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Having viewed political cartoons regarding american empire
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What impact did disease-weaponry have upon the new world
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What were the main events of the ancient pentathlon
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How manns symptoms of groupthink worked bay of pigs decision
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Who was jim crow
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