ANCH2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bronze Age, Helladic Period, Minoan Civilization
ANCH2030 – Week 1 Lecture
Myth:
Mythos – oral tale or story (personal, local or supernatural)
Not have all elements
Mythology is writing about mythos (MYOOZ)
Hdt 6.61 (Helen of Troy)
Have a significance to some element
Magic:
Magikos and related to the practices of the Magi – magicus or magical
Extended definition beyond of the ancient Greeks and Romans
Form of monotheism
Anything that was different or othered – applied to rituals and different people and
situations (became very legalistic – outlawing of various practices)
Matter of perspective and law
Religion:
Religio, religion, Greeks use HIEPA hiera or ZEBAZ sebas
Eras:
Prehistoric to 8th BC
Archaic 8-6 BC
Classical 5-4 BC
Hellenistic 3-1 BC
Roman republican 5-1 BC
Augustus is the first Emperor
Roman Imperial 1-3AC
Late Antique 4-6 AC
Sources:
Original Texts (epigraphy, papyri) or Transmitted (such as books, not a true representation of
what was originally presented)
Dodona Oracle Consultation table or gravestone
Texts and archaeology – gain a more deeper understanding of the past
Building and artefacts (material evidence to be put together with the texts)
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Document Summary
Mythos oral tale or story (personal, local or supernatural) Magikos and related to the practices of the magi magicus or magical. Extended definition beyond of the ancient greeks and romans. Anything that was different or othered applied to rituals and different people and situations (became very legalistic outlawing of various practices) Religio, religion, greeks use hiepa hiera or zebaz sebas. Original texts (epigraphy, papyri) or transmitted (such as books, not a true representation of what was originally presented) Texts and archaeology gain a more deeper understanding of the past. Building and artefacts (material evidence to be put together with the texts) Possible for the unbelievable elements to align with facts" of the past. Cycladic islands, minoan crete and the helladic mainland (lba mycenaean) Early bronze (cycladic and coastal marble 3000-23 bc) Localised sacred things worship and cult first emerged at the centre of the culture. Keros and naxos (sacred island, not necessarily of choice)
