GRS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aeneid, Aeschylus, Epinikion

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRS 200
• Professor: Bowman Laurel

Document Summary

Lecture iii: classical mythology in context chapter 1 (continued) High and classical period 480-323 bc (or, persian war-alexander"s death) Persian war greeks collaborate to fight them off. Greek city-states flourish until overshadowed by macedonian kings. Son alexander campaigns as far east as india conquers persia and egypt before dying in 323 bc. Important authors: aeschylus 525-456 bc tragedian, pindar 518-428(?) Bc hymns and victory odes: sophocles 495-405 bc tragedian, herodotus 484-425 bc histories. Travelled around the eastern mediterranean and wrote about the origins of the persian war. Included the stories that people told in all the different places he went got many alternative versions of myths: euripides 480-406 bc. Came from thebes, who had fought for the persians during the war (other authors were athenians: plato 428-347 bc. Showed the gods in a negative light. Taught people wrong values: demosthenes 384-322 bc. Great orator (law courts and politics) used myths about ancient. Athens to show that athens deserved to rule.