CLAS 160D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Knidos, Mycenaean Greece, Living Wage
31 Oct 2016
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Heinrich schliemann thought it would be the best way to prove the trojan. Face of agamemnon kinda proves war not probable. Swords showed good for stabbing and not for slashing. Tower shields and boars tusk helmets also told by homer to be worn. Bronze age sword treated as if it was alive. Bend the sword so it"s no longer usable bc its owner can"t use it. Frescoes from thera shows similarities to atlantis, but depicts warriors in boar tusk helmets and holding spears. Greek fighting technique that"s undefeated for years. Warriors standing shoulder to shoulder creating a wall of man. Wall fresco from pylos shows a bard playing a lyre with winged words--a bird. It"s hard doing so much walking while wearing heavy bronze armour. Homer and herodotus mention many women who were abducted in war. Tablet aa792: from knidos: 21 women, 12 girls, 10 boys. Amphiphiles 32 slaves female, 5 older girls, 15 younger girls, 4.
