CLA160H1 Lecture 6: CLA160 Lecture 6 Notes.doc
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Nestor"s cup inscription at pithekoussai earliest evidence for the greek alphabet: nestor mythological character major character in the iliad who dispenses advice to younger warriors in one scene he has a large and heavy cup such a hero that only he was able to lift it allusion to myth, perhaps the iliad could prove that the iliad was known and studied by the 8th century b. c. seems to be a joke inscription suggests that the cup was designed to be used at partied proto symposium symposium together drinking , drinking party cup is evidence for aristocrats getting together and drinking wine, telling stories perhaps shows early evidence for the tendency for gathering and drinking in groups lyric poetry often about personal and erotic interests. Archaic age culture poetry organization and pattern epic tradition oral, long: hesiod didactic, homer heroic, homeric hymns praise and narratives of the gods preservation of knowledge through poetry.