CLA2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phaistos Disc, Bull-Leaping, Peak Sanctuaries

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2102
• Professor: Rajiv Bhola

Document Summary

Epsilon is for eros, son of aphrodite. Effects of coming of indo-europeans: mainland (mh, cyclades (mc, crete (mm) Middle bronze age (minoan) crete: homer (c/f quotation p. 50) Minos: zeus & europa, phoenicia to crete, pasiphae, daidalos, minotaur & labyrinth, theseus & ariadne. Knossos, evans & the myth: labyrinth, labrys, double axe (c/f p. 48 and 49) sarcophagus, bulls: rhyton, fresco (c/f p. 50), leaping (c/f p. 50-51, throne. Common features of minoan palaces": complex plan, huge central courtyard, ashlar masonry, multi-storey (c/f p. 51, storage: cists, pithoi, theatral areas, no defences. Minoan architecture: horns of consecration, inverted pillars, monumental staircases, light wells, water management. Centres of: redistributive economy, administration: phaistos disk, linear a, daidalos, prometheus, religion, snake goddess (c/f p. 34 and p. 48), peak sanctuary (c/f p. 34 and 48, government: who ruled knossos, industry. Thalassocracy of minos: thucydides 1. 4 (quotation c/f p. 35) Akrotiri, thera: cyclades: (c/f p. 32-3: housing, frescoes, clothing, eruption.