CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Megaron, Cyclops, Carl Blegen
4 Oct 2016
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Decline of minoan culture caused by rise of mycenaean civilization of mainland greece. Greek epic poems, iliad and odyssey attributed to poet homer. Follows tradition of oral poetry (memorized throughout history since they didn"t have literacy back then), folklore that the greeks did not differentiate from factual history. Poems based on events of c. 1200 bc recorded ca. 800 bc (weren"t written down until 400 years later by homer) Battle of greeks vs. trojans (troy in asia minor) Especially the anger of achilles, greek hero (greek side=myc. ) Odyssey recounts events of greek hero odysseus returning to greece from troy. Greek conquer troy they go back that"s what odyssey is about. Key elements: leader of united greek forces against city of troy is agamenon, king of mycenae. Mycenae identified in iliad as most powerful kingdom in greece. Mythical home to agamemnon, king if mycenae, son of atreus, married to clytemnestra.
