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Classical Greecesession i - Origins
Classical Greecesession i - Origins
course outline
i - Origins
ii - Rise of the Polis
iii - Colonies & Tyrants
iv - Sparta & Athens
v - Great Wars, 490-404
vi - Golden Age
vii - Second Military Revolution
viii - Hellenism
Questions to Answer in this Session
Why study ancient Greece?
What is our primary source of knowledge about prehistoric Greece?
What was the culture of Mycenaen Greece like?
How does Homer stand up as an historical source?
What were the Greek Dark Ages?
What are the latest findings about this period?
preview of today’s session
Achilles and Patroklos
Ancient Sparta--theater
Aristotle
Delphitholos
Delphitreasure house
Palace at Knossos
Discus of Phaistos
Knossos--throne room
Knossos--restored palace
HeinrichSchliemann
SophiaSchliemann
wearing“Priam’streasure”
Mycenae--the lion’s gate
Mycenae--reconstructionthe
lionsgate
Mycenae--acropolis
Mycenae--tholos tomb
interior shot of the same view
grave goods from a Mycenean shaft gravereplicas
the “mask of Agamemnon”
Homer
“The wrath of Achilles”Leon Benouville
Odysseus
“Jupiter and Thetis”Jean Dominique Ingres
Zeus at OlympiaRoman copy of Phideias
Napoleon ij.d. Ingres
LincolnDaniel Chester French
Troy
The Blegen LibraryUniversity of Cincinnati
Linear B
proto-Greek ina Phoenician alphabet
the world of Homer
the Lelantine War
Heroön at Lefkandi
preview of future classes
session ii- Polis
session iii-Colonies & Tyrants
Peisistratostyrant of Athens
ca 6th c BC – 527 or 528 BC
session iv-Sparta & Athens
Λ (lambda) is for Lacedaemonthe name for the kingdom
Sparta is its capital city
built 447-438 BC
Phideias shows his frieze for the Parthenon
session v-Great Wars, 490-404
the Persian wars, 490-479
Xerxes’ pontoon bridge across the Hellespont, 480 BC
session vi-Golden Age
ThalesFather of Philosophy
HerodotosFather of History
PeriklesFather of Democracy
session vii-Second Military Revolution
Epaminondas
Aleksander
Gaugamela, 331 BC
session viii-Hellenism
Pergamon altar ( 1st half, 2nd c. bc) as reconstructed
Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Laocoön and His Sons, 25 BC