CLA 2323 Lecture 2: Lecture 2

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2323
• Professor: David Sacks

Document Summary

Bronze age reality behind the myth: knossos, evans goes here in 1900 a. d, he begins to uncover evidence of an advanced. Bronze age palace with 300+ rooms that may have been the model for the labyrinth within. Also further evidence including artwork: names this civilization by choice as (cid:498)the. Minoans of crete(cid:499: hittites of asia minor, the mycenaean civilization of greece (most significant, arose by copying the minoans, these are the first greek people, not the minoans (midterm question) In 1876 heinrich schliemann (25 years before evens) pg. 202: loved homer and his writings, theory that what if king agamemnon was real, he was the king of mycenae which is located in southern greece and was likely the most important and powerful place/kingdom in. Greece: it is remembered as a place of power and wealth in greek history, went and purchased the town from the turkish. Greek: potnia, aphrodite and other names cannot be matched however.