CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Peloponnesian War, Ascanius, Epigraphy
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Lecture 1 - goddesses in ancient myth: antiquity = western ancient culture centered on the mediterranean, how do we know anything about women, archaeological/material evidence, epigraphy, artifacts, literature, we don"t have immediate access, only through remains. In most cases we get a male perspective. 146 bc: rome (founded in 753 bc, roman republic ca. Ad: late antiquity ca 4th - 6th cent. Polis sends out people to colonize: greek colonies in asia minor and italy, colonies have links back to their mother city war and athens loses political power. Parthenon - height of classical architecture in porcelain age (5th century) In course of the 5th century athens and sparta fought against each other in the peloponnesian. But the: the 12 olympians consist of zeus (jupiter), hera (juno), demeter (ceres), poseidon (neptune), Hestia (vesta), and their offspring or progenies: aphrodite (venus), athena (minerva), ares (mars), apollo, artemis (diana), hephaestus (vul-
