AHCL 2105H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: New Laws, Public Knowledge, Aristocracy

• School: Trent University
• Department: Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
• Course: AHCL 2105H
• Professor: Lockwood Sean

Document Summary

Athens had loose control of the surrounding setlements. Bronze age evidences does not indicate destrucion of the palace: sill a depopulaion occurring though. In the iron age the irst sign of recovery is the producion of protogeometric potery: nicer then the previous stuf, more well-made. Text refers to post invasion potery- wrong no invasion. Iron age setlements were clustered around the acropolis: highest point of the city. By 900 the chief of athens became the most prominent in aica. Wealthy graves appear in athens: tomb of the rich athenian lady- 850. 8th century- populaion increased: internal colonizaion- enough land that the people could found new setlements in the region, without leaving their area. Synoecism occurred gradually, completed by the mid 8th century. Athenian atributed this to their local hero theseus: myth of his killing of the minotaur, he is not a heroic hero, a local hero to aica, myths developed later in.