AHCL 2105H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Theogony

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

Document Summary

The greeks did not consider themselves a speciic group of people, and greece wasn"t a country: more focused on the city in which they lived in was more important (athenians) Sources: raw material of history out of which historians weave their stories: almost everything preserved from the ancient world is a potenial source. Physical remains (one of the types of sources): anything material, e. g. bones and buildings. Writen remains (other type of sources): words of the greeks themselves, or of others who wrote about them in aniquity: two types are oten blurred. Epigraphic record: something writen on an object ^ Material records are studied by archaeologists, art historians, architects, physical anthropologists. Terracota is the most common material found, nearly indestrucible: used for nearly everything, pots, igurines, etc, very important for daing the periods. 3000-700 bc (considered prehistory: no actual writen history, but texts can sill be found writen on objects in.