CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trojan War, Ancient Greek Architecture, Human Sexuality

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

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Lecture 6 17 september 2014 greek art. Greek art had a profound effect on the romans, alexander the great caused the greeks to also have an effect on the asian civilization. Mycenaeans were more craftsman than artists, however they were still quite skilled. Colonization played a large role with driving their art forward, particularly contact with egypt. The egyptians introduced the greeks to stone statues of gods and human beings. Biton, 580 bc, the greeks begin to execute the human form, which had a large resemblance to the egyptian sculpture. Kleobis and biton are two people who are talking about a meeting of. Solon (a wiseman) and hoecke croesus (a western wealthy man). The two meet, and croesus asks solon who the happiest man in the world. Solon says the happiest are kleobis and biton, and croesus is confused. Solon explains that they were two young boys who loved their mother.