Panorama – Ancient Olympic Games

Kanellos Cob

Concertina leaflet, colored | 12cm23,5cm – exploded view: 98,5cm x 23,5cm |
| January 2020

A work of art based on archaeological research enriched with brief, essential pieces of information on the ancient Olympic Games. Kanellos Cob draws inspiration from ancient pottery painting and the depictions of Olympia and offers us a folio of a unique work.

• Artistic interpretations of the games, the athletes, the ceremonies, the Hellanodikai and the lost gold-and-ivory statue of Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
• Interesting and concise information on the Games, the schedule, the Olympic Truce, the impressive span of the Olympics – over 1200 years, the laws that forbid women from participating and how they were broken by Kallipateira, how performance records had no meaning to the athletes of antiquity, the demon Taraxippos (horse frightner), the Zanes, bronze statues of Zeus, paid for by athletes who “cheated” and many more.