CLA 1101 Lecture 5: CLA1101 Sept 23 Notes
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Terms: mycenaean, late helladic, heroic, stele, shaft grave, tholos tomb, tumulus, dromos, corbelling, relieving triangle, syllabary, linear b, mask of agamemnon, megaron. Wrote the quote about mycenae and the lion gate surviving. Travelled to mycenae and focused on the circular area. Leader of the greek forces that attacked troy. One type of cyclopes create the thunderbolts for zeus. Another kind that is a shepard that is a cannibal. The walls tend to be less organized and more like a jigsaw. The circular area in mycenae where agamemnon was thought to be buried. 1600-1200 bce or the heroic age according to hesoid. Tombs (stele) have lots of spirals and a man a chariot chasing a man. Logs but across to protect dead bodies and retiled. Elites were very wealthy and conducted trade with egypt and the. Lapis and amber were found in the graves). Elites were buried in tombs similar to those on crete.