CLAS201 Lecture 2: Lecture 2.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS201
• Professor: Nicholas Maes

Document Summary

Indo-europeans invaded greece and dominated the culture and population: greek religion after the indo-european invasion was composed of olympian (from indo- Europeans) and chthonic (from minoan) influences: took about 400 years before a unified population emerged, the mycenaean. Who were the mycenaean: were the first people who were distinctly greek , dominated for about 400 years from 1600 1200 b. c. e, a german archeologist named heinrich schliemann discovered remains in a city called. Named due to the sheer massiveness of the stones needed to build it, the strength and skill needed to balance the stones without causing a collapse, etc. Same role as minoan palaces: resources were accumulated here and. Obeyed a form of hierarchy; priests and political figures were higher than redistributed peasants. Unlike the minoan palaces, mycenaean citadels were strongly fortified; implying there was war between neighbours, and the fact they were a very aggressive population.