Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 9: Classics Lecture 3 – September 29th 2015

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

Classics lecture 3 september 29th 2015. Homer writes at the end of the dark age. Archaic period earliest period where we can see behavior that are typically definable by greeks. One sign that greeks are coming out of the dark age is that the population is increasing only had children if you thought you had the necessary wealth to support them. Two period of colonization west and east. Two sorts of colony emporiums & apoikia (far more common) oikistes (leader of the apoikia) Apoikia (home far from home) overseas settlement leave your polis . When you leave, you can"t come back to the home (polis) loss of citizenship not bound by rules in the polis. Small independent colonies throughout greece and neighboring lands. Greeks are no united as soon as their population gets to big, they send people away become their own settlement.