HOW DOES THE GAME WORK?

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is a video game developed at Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. Odyssey represents the eleventh installment in the Assassin's Creed series, as well as the sequel to Assassin's Creed: Origins.

It is available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from 5 October 2018 and from 19 October 2019 on Google Stadia.

The macro-theme we had was art, religion and myths. Our theme was the music in Ancient Greece

WE HAVE TO VISIT FOUR STAGES

Music

• the word "music" → definition: mousikè technè, or "musical art", (included what we today consider to be music, and also all form of art inspired by the Muses, including poetry, dance, comedy, tragedy, and epics).

• Poetry and plays to be performed accompanying songs and dances.

→ Musicians favored a flute called the aulos, the guitar-like kithara and its smaller cousin the lyre, and the tympanon (a hand-drum that helped set and keep the music's tempo) + female dancers → use an instrument called the krotala, or "clackers" ⇒were almost always played in pairs (made percussive clacking noises)

Musical Contest

Musical contests, or agones, : only held during religious festivals.

↳ they became cultural events in their own right → attracted musicians and spectators from all over the Greek world.

1. Athenian Panathenaia festival featured competitions for instrument-playing and poetry recitation.

2. The Dionysia festival included contests between groups of male singers to see who could best perform a dithyramb ( a merry hymn in honor of the god Dionysos ) but → women weren't allowed to compete in them.

In the early days of the competitions ↠ winners only received a crown and an ego boost for their talents.

• From the Hellenistic period onward ⇉ the rewards were upgraded to cash prizes.

These prizes were large enough for musicians to make a fortune, especially if they moved from festival to festival.

EDUCATION

Music played a large role in ancient education

infact Children were taught to play instruments by either public or private tutors, could choose: lyre, the aulos, how to sing poetry

The importance of music in education was a point of contention between two of the most famous philosophers of Ancient Greece:

THE ODEON OF PERIKLES

The Odeon ⟾ ( the etymology of the word indicates a building intended for musical auditions and recitals) of Perikles was built sometime between the 440s and 430s BCE.

• The building was commissioned by Perikles for use in the Panathenaia festival.

• the Odeon was also a venue for poetry readings, political rallies, and philosophical performances

• The original design of the Odeon was inspired by the tent of the Persian King Xerxes a spoil of war the Athenians salvaged after their decisive victory at Salamis in 480 BCE.

• The building's roof was made of timber from captured Persian ships. In this sense, the Odeon was both a triumphant symbol of Athens, and an insult to their Persian enemies. This structure was considered one of the grandest architectural accomplishments of ancient Athens.