CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Uluburun Shipwreck, Heinrich Schliemann, Shaft Tomb

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1101
• Professor: Heather Loube

Document Summary

Reading: c/f 36-52, 56-7 & the videos listed below. Mycenae: home of agamemnon: pausanias (quotation: c/f p. 39, lion gate (c/f p. 36-7, relieving triangle, symbolism, cyclopes/cyclopean masonry. Mycenae: grave circle a: stele (c/f p. 45, shaft graves, mask of agamemnon (c/f p. 40, rhyton (c/f p. 40) and other grave goods. Tholos tombs (c/f p. 42-3: dromos, tumulus, corbelling. Purpose of mycenaean palaces: redistribution, administration, linear b (c/f p. 44), ventris, syllabary, ideograms, government: megaron c/f p. 38-39, wanax, religion, industry, residential, military boars tusk helmets, figure 8 shields (c/f p. 45 upper right), chariots. Images: c/f p. 36-37, 39 (plan), 40 (mask, rhyton, dagger), 41 (plan, container), 42, 44, 45 (all) Terms: mycenaean, late helladic, heroic, stele, shaft grave, tholos tomb, tumulus, dromos, corbelling, relieving triangle, syllabary, linear b, mask of agamemnon, megaron. Compare the men on the warrior vase (p. 45) with the warrior on the ivory plaque (p.