CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Chryseis, Orality, Sea Peoples

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Mycenaean introduced horses to greece, fought battles in chariots arrive to battle on chariots but than get off to fight. Civilization of warriors and they conquered the island of crete, and they started to have power not only in the greek peninsula, but the in whole island of crete. 1290 bce- collapse of the mycenaean culture around this date the greek. Sea peoples arrived directly from the sea, and were attacking the hittites and. People stopped decorating vases with scenes and people, instead patterns became geometric. During this period no document was written, the system of palaces was not working. People are no longer able to import goods from other countries or have the same lifestyle as in the past. The war of troy (ilion): legend and history. Records from the hittite empire and from egypt. The prior event to troy war strife is not invited at the wedding of peleus and.