CAMS 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Odysseus, Greek Dark Ages, Narrative Poetry
7 Jun 2018
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Course
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Up to 1600 BC- Greece was mostly small villages (25 people),
farmers
•
Mycenaean Civilization
Territories were ruled b king-palace
○
People living in the territory play tribute to the king
○
Craftsmen at palaces create goods
○
Traded goods and made king wealthy
○
Linear B
○
Mycenaean's were very interested in warfare
Fight with spears and shields, swords occasionally
§
Very important to them that they be great warriors
§
○
•
Around 1100 BC- Mycenaean's collapse
No longer trading
○
Lacked writing and reading skills
○
Very isolated
○
Greek Dark Age
○
•
Around 800 BC- civilization begins to rebuild itself
Emergence of cities, small villages come together
○
Trade starts up again
○
Learn how to read and write again
○
Most cities ruled by aristocrats (small group of men owning
most of land)
○
•
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Epic Poem- long narrative poem about heroes and gods
Stories are passed down through oral tradition
○
Around 550 BC someone sat down and wrote the versions
we read today
○
Served as a form of entertainment
○
Also meant to be a kind of cultural/ethical education
○
•
Zeus
King of weather and storms
○
•
Hera
Goddess of women/family
○
Married to Zeus
○
•
Poseidon
God of the sea
○
•
Ares
God of war
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Hephaestus
God of Fire and Crafts
○
Child of Zeus
○
Known for being ugly
○
Married to Aphrodite
○
•
Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty and sex
○
Married to Hephaestus
○
Cheats on him with Ares
○
•
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and war, sometimes crafts
○
Strategy and tactics of warfare
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Artemis
Goddess of hunting, archery, animals, wild places
○
Twins with Apollo
○
Child o Zeus
○
•
Apollo
God of sun, music, medicine, and prophecy
○
Twins with Artemis
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Hermes
Messenger
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Trojan War
Troy (modern day Turkey) vs Greece
•
Started at the wedding of Peleus (hero) and Thetis (goddess)
They decided not to invite Eris (goddess of strife)
○
She gets a gold apple and leaves it on the table, causing
issues
○
•
Fight between Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena about who is the
most beautiful and who the apple should go to
•
Zeus will not get involved and sends them to a Paris shepherd
who is actually a Trojan prince
•
Most beautiful goddess as of then was Helen, another daughter
of Zeus
Helen is married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta
○
Paris takes Helen and Menelaus' valuables backed to Troy
Main reason for the war
§
○
•
Menelaus assembles all of the Greek kings/ commanders
Agamemnon (chief)
○
Nestor (old man)
○
Odysseus (clever)
○
Diomedes (strong)
○
Ajax (strong)
○
Achilles (best warrior, child on Peleus and Thetis)
○
•
Trojan Side
Priam and Hecuba
Hector
Son
□
Leader of Trojan armies
□
Wife- Andromache
□
§
Paris
Son
□
Wife-Helen
□
§
○
•
War goes on for 9 years
•
Illiad picks up during the 10th year of the war
Starts with a fight between Agamemnon and Achilles
○
Greeks sack Troy
Many encounter difficulties
§
○
•
Odyssey
Basically about the return voyage of Odysseus
○
Wanders for 10 years encountering obstacles
○
Gets home to find people trying to marry his wife
(Penelope)
○
Realizes he has to kill all of these guys
○
•
Early Greece 1/10/2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
10:11 AM
Up to 1600 BC- Greece was mostly small villages (25 people),
farmers
•
Mycenaean Civilization
Territories were ruled b king-palace
○
People living in the territory play tribute to the king
○
Craftsmen at palaces create goods
○
Traded goods and made king wealthy
○
Linear B
○
Mycenaean's were very interested in warfare
Fight with spears and shields, swords occasionally
§
Very important to them that they be great warriors
§
○
•
Around 1100 BC- Mycenaean's collapse
No longer trading
○
Lacked writing and reading skills
○
Very isolated
○
Greek Dark Age
○
•
Around 800 BC- civilization begins to rebuild itself
Emergence of cities, small villages come together
○
Trade starts up again
○
Learn how to read and write again
○
Most cities ruled by aristocrats (small group of men owning
most of land)
○
•
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Epic Poem- long narrative poem about heroes and gods
Stories are passed down through oral tradition
○
Around 550 BC someone sat down and wrote the versions
we read today
○
Served as a form of entertainment
○
Also meant to be a kind of cultural/ethical education
○
•
Zeus
King of weather and storms
○
•
Hera
Goddess of women/family
○
Married to Zeus
○
•
Poseidon
God of the sea
○
•
Ares
God of war
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Hephaestus
God of Fire and Crafts
○
Child of Zeus
○
Known for being ugly
○
Married to Aphrodite
○
•
Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty and sex
○
Married to Hephaestus
○
Cheats on him with Ares
○
•
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and war, sometimes crafts
○
Strategy and tactics of warfare
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Artemis
Goddess of hunting, archery, animals, wild places
○
Twins with Apollo
○
Child o Zeus
○
•
Apollo
God of sun, music, medicine, and prophecy
○
Twins with Artemis
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Hermes
Messenger
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Trojan War
Troy (modern day Turkey) vs Greece
•
Started at the wedding of Peleus (hero) and Thetis (goddess)
They decided not to invite Eris (goddess of strife)
○
She gets a gold apple and leaves it on the table, causing
issues
○
•
Fight between Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena about who is the
most beautiful and who the apple should go to
•
Zeus will not get involved and sends them to a Paris shepherd
who is actually a Trojan prince
•
Most beautiful goddess as of then was Helen, another daughter
of Zeus
Helen is married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta
○
Paris takes Helen and Menelaus' valuables backed to Troy
Main reason for the war
§
○
•
Menelaus assembles all of the Greek kings/ commanders
Agamemnon (chief)
○
Nestor (old man)
○
Odysseus (clever)
○
Diomedes (strong)
○
Ajax (strong)
○
Achilles (best warrior, child on Peleus and Thetis)
○
•
Trojan Side
Priam and Hecuba
Hector
Son
□
Leader of Trojan armies
□
Wife- Andromache
□
§
Paris
Son
□
Wife-Helen
□
§
○
•
War goes on for 9 years
•
Illiad picks up during the 10th year of the war
Starts with a fight between Agamemnon and Achilles
○
Greeks sack Troy
Many encounter difficulties
§
○
•
Odyssey
Basically about the return voyage of Odysseus
○
Wanders for 10 years encountering obstacles
○
Gets home to find people trying to marry his wife
(Penelope)
○
Realizes he has to kill all of these guys
○
•
Early Greece 1/10/2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
10:11 AM
Up to 1600 BC- Greece was mostly small villages (25 people),
farmers
•
Mycenaean Civilization
Territories were ruled b king-palace
○
People living in the territory play tribute to the king
○
Craftsmen at palaces create goods
○
Traded goods and made king wealthy
○
Linear B
○
Mycenaean's were very interested in warfare
Fight with spears and shields, swords occasionally
§
Very important to them that they be great warriors
§
○
•
Around 1100 BC- Mycenaean's collapse
No longer trading
○
Lacked writing and reading skills
○
Very isolated
○
Greek Dark Age
○
•
Around 800 BC- civilization begins to rebuild itself
Emergence of cities, small villages come together
○
Trade starts up again
○
Learn how to read and write again
○
Most cities ruled by aristocrats (small group of men owning
most of land)
○
•
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Epic Poem- long narrative poem about heroes and gods
Stories are passed down through oral tradition
○
Around 550 BC someone sat down and wrote the versions
we read today
○
Served as a form of entertainment
○
Also meant to be a kind of cultural/ethical education
○
•
Zeus
King of weather and storms
○
•
Hera
Goddess of women/family
○
Married to Zeus
○
•
Poseidon
God of the sea
○
•
Ares
God of war
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Hephaestus
God of Fire and Crafts
○
Child of Zeus
○
Known for being ugly
○
Married to Aphrodite
○
•
Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty and sex
○
Married to Hephaestus
○
Cheats on him with Ares
○
•
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and war, sometimes crafts
○
Strategy and tactics of warfare
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Artemis
Goddess of hunting, archery, animals, wild places
○
Twins with Apollo
○
Child o Zeus
○
•
Apollo
God of sun, music, medicine, and prophecy
○
Twins with Artemis
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Hermes
Messenger
○
Child of Zeus
○
•
Trojan War
Troy (modern day Turkey) vs Greece
•
Started at the wedding of Peleus (hero) and Thetis (goddess)
They decided not to invite Eris (goddess of strife)
○
She gets a gold apple and leaves it on the table, causing
issues
○
•
Fight between Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena about who is the
most beautiful and who the apple should go to
•
Zeus will not get involved and sends them to a Paris shepherd
who is actually a Trojan prince
•
Most beautiful goddess as of then was Helen, another daughter
of Zeus
Helen is married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta
○
Paris takes Helen and Menelaus' valuables backed to Troy
Main reason for the war
§
○
•
Menelaus assembles all of the Greek kings/ commanders
Agamemnon (chief)
○
Nestor (old man)
○
Odysseus (clever)
○
Diomedes (strong)
○
Ajax (strong)
○
Achilles (best warrior, child on Peleus and Thetis)
○
•
Trojan Side
Priam and Hecuba
Hector
Son
□
Leader of Trojan armies
□
Wife- Andromache
□
§
Paris
Son
□
Wife-Helen
□
§
○
•
War goes on for 9 years
•
Illiad picks up during the 10th year of the war
Starts with a fight between Agamemnon and Achilles
○
Greeks sack Troy
Many encounter difficulties
§
○
•
Odyssey
Basically about the return voyage of Odysseus
○
Wanders for 10 years encountering obstacles
○
Gets home to find people trying to marry his wife
(Penelope)
○
Realizes he has to kill all of these guys
○
•
Early Greece 1/10/2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:11 AM
Document Summary
Up to 1600 bc- greece was mostly small villages (25 people), farmers. People living in the territory play tribute to the king. Very important to them that they be great warriors. Around 800 bc- civilization begins to rebuild itself. Most cities ruled by aristocrats (small group of men owning most of land) Epic poem- long narrative poem about heroes and gods. Stories are passed down through oral tradition ning. Around 550 bc someone sat down and wrote the versions we read today. Also meant to be a kind of cultural/ethical education. Started at the wedding of peleus (hero) and thetis (goddess) They decided not to invite eris (goddess of strife) She gets a gold apple and leaves it on the table, causing issues. Fight between aphrodite, hera, and athena about who is the most beautiful and who the apple should go to. Zeus will not get involved and sends them to a paris shepherd who is actually a trojan prince.
