CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Miletus, Uncommon Knowledge, Greek Alphabet

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

800-750 bce introduction of the greek alphabet. There were different dialects in greece, therefore this means different letters had different meanings in certain areas. 430 bce athens adopted the ionic alphabet used in miletos. By the middle of the 4th century bce it had become the common classical. The nestor"s cup from pithekoussai comes from a tomb, and it gets its name from the scratches on the surface. There was knowledge of the epic poems at the end of the 6th century, and whoever read the text on the cup was able to understand what it was referring to. Papyrus was used to record texts: papyrus was also used for cartonnage. Was made out of layers of papyrus with plaster, and was used for the masks of the mummies and other elements of the mummy. There was a revision of all greek literature in the museum of alexandria. The museum was very important for science and humanities.