CLA101H5 Lecture 3: Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
Document Summary
Archaic society, homer and homeric epic, characterization in the iliad. Ionian migration : loss of major arts (sculpture, vase painting), monumental architecture, and writing, exception to this: lefkandi, euboea, some archaeological remains suggest hierarchical structure, architecture, lefkandi had a hero tomb with man, wife, and horses. Life before the dark ages: kings, palace culture, and greek warfare, some ancient evidence (literary and archaeological) points to palace culture where kings ruled and warfare was a constant threat, consider the mycenaeans mainland of greece. First greeks: they were a war-like, militaristic society citadels with fortifications, they were engaged in overseas activity (trade, conquest, etc. , consider the trojans in anatolia, modern day turkey. Contact with the mycenaeans: the trojans were also war-like people citadels with fortifications, also engaged in overseas activity demonstrated by hittite and egyptian texts, greek warfare (and warrior culture) reflected in homer"s iliad.
