CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Knossos, Heinrich Schliemann, Pathos

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 1002
• Professor: Gahan J.J.

Document Summary

Introduction to the greek bronze age (3000 - 1000 bc) {cont. : sir arthur evans (1851 - 1941) This is known because it was found somewhere on knossos: greek was first used in greece in the bronze age, long before the iron age. The art and architecture of minoan crete (c. 2000- 1400) Palace of knossos: the west entrance is the most prominent part, in this area where the administrative rooms, and wards, the royal family would have lived in the east wards, which contained more formal rooms and domestic quarters. It takes up 3 arcs of land, and at its prime could have been occupied by 100,000 people. Gave birth to the cretan labyrinth, due to how the buildings are laid out caused by random building throughout the years. West etc) (aerial view of the palace of knossos; top = north, left = (layout of the palace of knossos)