CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Atreus, Helladic Period, Carl Blegen
3 Oct 2016
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The decline of the minoans and the rise of the mycenaeans. Literary sources for mycenaean civilizaaon: greek epic poems: The iliad and odyssey akributed to poet homer. Follows tradiaon of oral poetry; folklore that the greeks did not di erenaate from factual history. Poems based on events of c. 1200 bc, recorded c. 800 bc. The iliad recounts events during the trojan war. Bakle 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. Leader of united greek forces against the city of troy is. Agamemnon, king of mycenae: mycenae is idena ed as the most powerful kingdom in greece, homeric tradiaon very in uenaal, many sites of importance including, mycenae, mycenae. Tiryns (1300-1200 bc: pylos (1300-1200 bc, highly fora ed citadel site. The lion gate: cyclopean masonry- made by the cyclopes (giants)
