CLA 2323 Lecture 3: September 21 and 28 Lectures
22 Oct 2016
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Chart of gods and their attributes in textbook helpful for midterm. 1200 bc end of mycenaean civilization (destroyed) Mythology was the greeks" ancient history in an era before writing and historical or other records the ancient history maintained that the. Mycenaeans were the friends, companions, lovers, children of the gods this was their history". That the children of the gods" ended up losing these riches obvious because of ruins and destruction left behind. We know more about mycenaean civilization than an ancient greek would have, because we have theories and conclusions based on archaeology and other research, while the greeks only had their mythology. Hesiod: current age and current people make up the debased" fifth generation of the five races of mankind (age of iron) we came after the age of heroes, and remain in their shadow (the. Greeks were literally in their shadow, living amongst the ruins and remnants of mycenaeans).
