CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lion Gate, Archiac, Korail Class 1000

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Mycenae to macedon: bronze age 3000-1200 bce, dark age 1200-800 bce, archiac period 776-490/80 bce, classical period 490/80-323 bce, hellenistic period 323-30 bce. East enlightening the west is described as ex orient lux. Power shifted from minoan to mainland, which can be seen in the writing systems. This is very unusual in history for this to happen. Linear b has been translated by micheal ventris and john chadwick. The overlap of the 2 cultures can be seen on vapheio cups, the cups are mycenaean but the bulls on them are minoan. Mycenae is the eponymous city of the culture. Lion gate is the entrance to the city-state. Not similar to knossos, because it has a huge gate and protective wall. In centre of minoan, open air courtyard, megaron inside mycenaean (chamber-like thing) Grave circle a, they nd war-like things that further prove that mycenaeans are warriors vs the minoans who are more artists.