CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tooth Fairy, Lucretius, 0 (Year)
Document Summary
Classical refers to the greeks and the romans. The ancient greeks = not united under a common government, they live in autonomous city states all across the continent; they share language and culture. Attica = city state that athens was in. Anybody under the direct government would be considered a roman, but not necessarily a roman citizen. Anybody living in the grey area = roman. Unlike greeks; don"t share a language and culture. Ancient greek and roman cultures have extensive contact. In uenced by egyptians and cultures in asia minor. Greco-roman cultures did not arise from a vacuum, the gods and literary motifs came from elsewhere or rose from other geographic locations. Classics was the entire period between 3000 bce to 476 ce, which is roughly around the myths were constructed, told, and considered main stream. There were a lot of evolutions over this time period. There are no writings we can decipher from these periods besides administrative documents.
