CLA160H1 Chapter Notes -Megara Hyblaea, West Mainland, Messina
Document Summary
Social and political status of the archaic poet: men and women 8-6th c sappho, hesiod comes from all over agean. From the west, earliest material is simply greek object types and greek writing. West features earliest lit- voyages of odyeusus. End of hesiod"s theogony associates with sicily early kings of italy (latinus) aka etruscan. Showing early archaic period, awareness in the west different ppl with particular names from later period. Early travel in west was trade and commodities. Euobienas were earliest coloniest in strategic locations with the etruscans and through was metal, iron, copper and tin (copper and tin for bronze production) spain and britain. For population pressures back home for good agricultural land. All different colonies in the west sought out places for natural defence and good acropolis and citadels which were well fortified. Erliest settlement was on island of ischia off the coast of italy- naples.
