CLASSICS 370 Chapter 2: Unit 2
5 Sep 2016
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Ancient greeks very close to their land. Troy is in modern day turkey objectives: Know major divisions and sequence of events in greek history: paleolithic age, neolithic age, bronze. Age (early and middle), mycenaean age (late bronze age), dark age, archaic period, classical period, Be familiar with map of ancient greece. Discern and appreciate the major characteristics of ancient greek culture: economic dependence on sea and slavery, competitiveness, circumstances of male children, role and position of women, greek polytheism, religion, and superstition. study notes: Cultural - all the customary beliefs, social forms, and material circumstances of the people of ancient. Myth always reflects the society that produces it. Early/middle bronze age (3000-1600 bc) when greeks began. Limitations on knowledge; archaeology allows us to study the physical remains of ancient societies - only provides us with scattered clues, affording only a peek at greek society of antiquity. Primary source of information is the surviving literature the ancient greeks left behind.
