CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture 3: Orientalizing period

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[ greek sanctuaries: all cities had temple to their patron deity located on citadel or acropolis, temple for worship. Included cult statue: altar for blood sacrifice, temenos wall, early temples of mudbrick and wood, replaced with rectangular temple with megaron. [cult of artemis at ephesis: wooden peristyle (first instance of use on a temple) To replace kings dwelling as a new place of worship. What can they tell us about the state of greek society. Organization of society, in order to maintain the temples. First olympics, bronze votive offerings: delphi, delphic oracle, delos. Increase in offerings to the gods: decrease in grave goods, blood sacrifice, bronze figurines (agalma, tripod cauldrons. Assyrian empire adopted the phoenician alphabet at this time: overseas contacts, greeks expanding west into italy. Increase of seafaring: reasons for overseas settlement, development of the poleis, centralization of power in the hands of the few or.

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