CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Larnax, Mudbrick, Early Summer
23 Jan 2017
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Lecture 4: middle bronze age crete: the minoans, thera. Architecture: apsidal-end house (curved ended houses) Burials: cist grave became individual and now inside settlements. Pottery: wheel made pottery, new shapes, 2 types: minyan ware (lines that show wheels being used), matt-painted ware (shapes painted in black) Zeus & europa: europa- princess, zeus- disguised as bull, europa loved the bull and traveled with zeus across the sea, in crete, gives birth to 3 sons; minos, phoenicia to crete. Pasiphae, daedalus: pasiphae- wife of minos, pasiphae falls in love with a white bull, deadalus creates a fake cow in order for them to mate. Minotaur & labyrinth: minotaur, birth child of pasiphae and the bull, lived in the labyrinth, human sacrifice every year (7 males and 7 females, minator killed by theseus. Theseus & ariadne: theseus was given thread by ariadne to follow thread out of labyrinth, theseus leaves ariadne on the way back.
