CLASS280 Lecture : Assorted Classics 280 Notes
17 Jan 2012
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07/09/2011 9:56:00 am y proto-greek (not fully greek as we see them now), indo- Europeans: fully developed by 1600, migrated through the area that is now greece, warrior (charioteer) elite, mycenae, pylos, sparta, athens, system of protection- paying thugs a tax and in return they will protect you. Subsistence crisis insurance (ex: warlord paying for housing upgrades or neighbour disputes) y homeric epics: age of heroes- how this era is known by greeks. Everything we know about ancient history we learned within the last century. Schliemann found mycenae wanting to prove that the iliad and odyssey are not just tales. y some aspects of these stories are true. The greek dark ages, the rise of the city state, and colonization. Migrations of the tribes. y peloponese, crete, ionian- 3 tribes with 3 different languages but the culture was basically identical. y ionian and dorian tribes were most important.
