CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cyclopean Masonry, Mycenaean Greece, Lion Gate
4 Oct 2016
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The decline of the minoans and the rise of the mycenaeans. The iliad and odyssey attributed to poet homer. Follows tradition of oral poetry; folklore that the greeks did not differentiate from factual history. Poems based on events of c. 1200 bc, recorded c. 800 bc. The iliad recounts events during the trojan war. Battle of greeks vs. trojan (troy located in asia minor -modern day persia) Main story about the anger of achilles, and the consequences of his anger. Odyssey recounts events of greek hero odysseus returning to greece from troy. Leader of united greek forces against the city of troy is agamemnon, king of mycenae. Mycenae is identified as the most powerful kingdom in greece. Cyclopean masonry- made by the cyclopes (giants) Later greeks believed that these areas were built by giants, because of the size of the masonry. Mythical home to agamemnon, king of mycenae, son of atreus, married to clytemnestra.
