AHCL 2105H Lecture 4: Ancient Greece Lecture- September 23

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

Document Summary

Xenia- translates to guest friendship (alliances: xenoi/ xenos: guest friends, required that they protected each other and each others households. The women of other daimos were raped when atacked. The best man (aristos) was the man who acquired the most ime in war and athleics: in order to gain ime the accomplishment must be public. Kakos is bad, the opposite of agathos, if he is a coward, useless in batle. Diicult to judge the aitudes of women in homer, presented from a male point of view: describe a male dominant society and women"s roles are dictated by men. Women are expected to he modest, chaste, and cheaing would bring disgrace to his enire family. In homer women are described as going through the town, not true in later imes. Cheaing in later greece would result in the death of his and her partner. Homer describes what appears to be the iron age, not the bronze age.