CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Greek Mythology, Heinrich Schliemann, Oxhide

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2323
• Professor: Efharis Kostala

Document Summary

In what is now northwestern turkey, modern archaeology has revealed a forti ed city, destroyed by re sometime during 1250 1200 b. c. We cannot know who destroyed the city, but speculation is tantalizing. Destruction of all the mycenaean cities, in close succession. Modern archaeology reveals signs of widespread destruction and economic depression, as compared with the mycenaean era. The greeks survive as a people, but in greatly reduced material circumstances. At this point in history, until about 800 b. c. , the greeks lack any knowledge of writing. A new technology: the metal iron begins to be used in greece, around 1050 b. c. This ironworking technology has arrived in greece from the east, perhaps ultimately from. Iron as a novelty will be distortedly remembered in greek myth. Gradual revival of greek culture and trade, 900 750 b. c. Greek mythology: tales of the gods and tales of the heroes. Most world mythologies focus on the gods.