CLARCH 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Polyphemus, Doric Order, Propylaea
3 Nov 2016
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Athens and attica in the archaic period: the formation of a greek city. Continued population growth and political unification during archaic period. Korous and kore used as monumental grave markers @ merenda, rural attica 540 bce. Akropolis(high point in the city) the athenian akropolis. Evidence of activity in the area down to the 6c bce. From 600 bce-clearance of private houses to make a civic space. Altar of the twelve gods, constructed by peisistratos the younger 520 bce. Attic black-figure hydria(water jar) with a fountain house design 510 bce. Horos(boundary stone) 500 bce-mark the edge of the agora, religious/legal, writing= Reforms of kleisthenes-gained influence by enlisting common people. Early 6c-reforms of solon-more power and participation coupled with less economic exploitation, for lower status groups. Mid 6c-peisistratos(tyrant) seized power and passed it on to his sons hippias and hipparkhos- the peisistratids": the athenian akropolis. Limestone pedimental group 550 bce, may have belonged to a palace of peisistratos.
