ACS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hubris, Sappho 16, Heinrich Schliemann

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Arts and Contemporary Studies
• Course: ACS 200
• Professor: Jean L I

Document Summary

Mountainous region which aids in protection from intruders. Many islands and easy access to water: influenced by mesopotamian culture and egypt, makes trade easy. Bronze civilization: technique of creating bronze for weapons. Built large palaces without much protection because not a military concerned region. Had an alphabet( linear strips) for keeping records in the palace. Spoke greek because was an emerging greek region. Took over crete region and took script, wrote it in their own language. Massive walls for protection in some palaces and structures. Built on higher ground: military reasons or for particular significance. Heinrich schliemann (1822-1890): destroyed many excavations that he found in mycenae troy: At certain feasts or gathering people would preform hymns and talk about traditional stories. Odysseus is the first character in ancient civilization sotries with a creative/clever mind. Achilles" preforms fame/courage over life depicted by homer. Kalos kagathos= the beautiful and good/ the noble.