CLAS 2150 : CLASSICS study guide.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2150
• Professor: Andrew Sherwood

Document Summary

Found art from the nea"s at knossos red & white design pattern. Phase of bronze age copper tin & bronze introduced transition between neolithic & bronze ages. Flat idols carved out of the islands pure white marble. Syors island in the cyclades in the aegean sea. Daedlus creator of labyrinth in which the minotaur is kept. Myth: trapped because made labyrinth and then king didn"t want him to tell people, made wings for himself & son- son flew too close to sun. Vasiliki ware is specific name of minoan site in eastern crete. Married to hera or dodona, consort dione. Father of aphrodite, athena, apollo, artemis, hermes, persephone, dionysus, Perseus, heracles, helen of tryo, minos, muses, ares, hebe, hepaestus. Obviously continent of europe taken from her name. Abducted by zeus in form of white bull, took her to crete, she is queen cause he bones her. Minoans eventually kidnap her, seeking to avenge the kidnapping of a diff princess.