CLST 305 Lecture 7: CLST 305 Week 4-1.pdf
23 May 2015
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Etruscan and latin terracotta decorations: the role of hercules. Model of special personal virtue, that allows him to be admitted into the number of the gods. Especially suitable to justify the rule of tyrants , who claim they have power because of their special virtues, instead of their ancestry: topic of statues connects earlier period, orientalising, to the next. Time of the elite which emerge and rule over society. Later decorations instead about a different idea of power not one where just birth is enough but rather one that must be conquered and justified. Situation of conflict and families who rise and fall much more unstable and complex: called the archaic period. Archaic period: dated conventionally between 580-480 bce, it corresponds to the 6th c. bce. 6th century especially in etruria end dates above taken from greek history. 480 battle of salamis and peak of greek civilization. More layers of society no longer just elites and non-elites but.
