CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Kerameikos, Doric Order, Vergina
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After a long time of not being well off, the macedonian leaders now have lots of resources, and the idea of (cid:374)u(cid:373)erous (cid:373)ales leadi(cid:374)g together is(cid:374)"t liked a lot i(cid:374) the helli(cid:374)isti(cid:272) period. I(cid:374) the helli(cid:374)isti(cid:272) theres the court ruling, theres the king, then the rich people surorounding the king, then the normal people. A lot of poetry in the 5th century bce is political satire. In the hellinistic world, the culture shapes to fit itself around the culture and the world. There was lots of development in medicine and literature. In the classical period the graves were outside the city walls. The cemetary in athens is called the kerameikos which means the potters. There were sanctuary laws where you (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t put a (cid:373)o(cid:374)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) the (cid:271)urial grou(cid:374)d, your to(cid:373)(cid:271) sto(cid:374)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)t ha(cid:448)e a (cid:373)assi(cid:448)e pi(cid:272)ture of yourself on it. This monument eas built to remember the death of one of the satraps.
