Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Ancient Greek Literature, Pope Gregory Xiii, Attic Greek

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

Document Summary

Cs 1000 week 1: sources for understanding how we experience the ancient world, what sources can we use, physical, texts: the greeks and romans left a lot of texts which give insight into their values. This is different because many areas did not develop texts such as these. These are useful because they give us insight from the inside. Bce we are counting down towards 0 (ex. Ad we are counting away from 0. Julian calendar: the basis for our gregorian calendar; the calendar that caesar gave us had 10 months and then two more months were added under augustus (july for julius, august for augustus. Greece) changed year after year so when they record dates they say this occurred when ____ was archon : (2) often reference is made to a particular season. The first olympics in 776 bce, founding of rome in 763/2bce, the trojan. 3: in the hellenistic period (i. e. after alexander the great) there was kione.