CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heinrich Schliemann, Ionian Revolt, Hisarlik

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 2K03
• Professor: Kyle Mcleister

Document Summary

Greek heroes (achilles, odysseus, menelaus, agamemnon, etc. ) fighting against the. The war began because paris, a prince of troy, ran off with helen of troy, wife of menelaus. Leave it as a peace offering"/offering to the gods outside the gates of troy. Trojans brought the horse in and the greeks slaughtered the trojans. Greeks viewed this as the start of their history. Heinrich schliemann was an archaeologist who discovered hissarlik. Controversy over whether or not hissarlik is actually troy. Autonomous entities, greece was not one single, united country. Greeks thought of themselves as citizens of their polis (eg. athenian, spartan, theban, etc. ) rather than greek. Could barely maintain working alliances even when confronted with an external foe. Poleis began to appear around 750 bc. Greeks did share language (with different dialects), religion and culture. Greeks (tiny, divided city states) defeated the persian empire. Revenge for athens and eretria aiding in the ionian revolt against persian control of asia.