CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fertile Crescent, Theogony, Lucretius
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Office hours: wednesday 10-12 in lillian massey 126. Classical refers to greeks and romans, they lived in city states broken up into cultures and areas of common language. Iliad and odyssey take place in the late bronze age even though they were written way after. Classical period (480-323 bce: athens, literary developments, philosophy, architecture, flourishing of city-states, literature, and art. Intellectual activity: after alexander the great"s death, centered around alexandria in egypt, greek language spreads, artistic developments, becomes realistic less idealized, more focus on the weird stuff, depicting pain and emotion on faces. Roman period (31 bce 380 ce: emperor augustus, expansion of roman empire, most texts written in latin come from this period, roman empire becomes christian in 380 ce. Definition: a myth is a traditional story of collective importance (traditional meaning handed down through history, story is valuable to the whole society)
