CLAS 160D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sarpedon, Iliad, California Gold Rush
24 Oct 2016
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Made money in californian gold rush and quit being a banker and wanted to. Class myth lecture 19 prove that the trojan war really happened. His wife divorced him bc of this and he married a greek woman who could recite the iliad and odyssey by heart. He is the one that excavated troy and mycenae. Wall of great megaron largest building on site with only 3 rooms. Gold drinking vessels, jewelry, shields, exotic materials. But the treasure dates to 1000 years before the trojan war. Tombs date to 1600 bce, gates ar 1300 bce. Come in through main lionsgate, walkin and see memorialized tombs. Things to know about archaeology of troy- Schliemann had already reaches his conclusions when he started digging. No names are preserved that match homer"s account. Troy has a lot in common with the greek world. The timelines of troy and mycenae do not match up.
