HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tiryns, Atreus, Odysseus
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Vast family of living and dead languages. Modern term (most languages of europe and indian supposedly descend from. Most impressive palace site on mainland that gives people their name. Believed to be a satellite of mycenae. Years around and following 1200, dorian greeks destroyed all palaces but athens. Eratosthenes comes up with traditional dates when attempting to develop. Classical scholars generally dismissed the story of the trojan war as a myth, but that changed at the end of the 19th century when the city of troy was discovered. City found where homer said troy would be. Clear signs of violent destruction by humans around 1200. Menelaus (king of sparta) and older brother agamemnon (king of. Paris of troy kidnaps helen, hector is finest warrior in trojan army (sons of priam and hecabe) Agamemnon creates coalition to go attack the city of troy and get helen back. 10 year siege won by greeks and helen is returned.
