CLAS 2P40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hay Day, Knossos, Mycenaean Greece
6 Dec 2018
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Sport in other bronze cultures: greece: mycenaeans, crete: minoans, hittites, mesopotamia, egypt (talked about last time) Minoan civilization: crete: several palace sites and towns, knossos first excavated by sir arthur evans (from 1900 for 35 years) Termed minoan after king minos in greek myth: evans found a large administrative center at heart of a city = palace of. Knossos : although it is called palace" it was not a residential place, because it was mostly administrative. Minoan athletics in art: rhyton special vessel for rituals, made of stone, 4 registers/rows with some scenes of athletics, context: for rituals, pouring liquid offerings, image: rhyton is only partially preserved; Boxing: best evidence for boxing from island of. Santorini: similar culture to minoans fresco of two boys 6-7 years old boxing, wearing boxing gloves on right hands, belts, blue caps or painted scalp with locks of hair, otherwise nude, image: two youths box, fresco from.
