Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manfred Korfmann, Carl Blegen, Theodore C. Blegen

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

September 23, 2013: mainland greece, the citadel of mycenae was built on the top of a hill (like knossos on crete). See image on the slide to see the hilltop and the remains of a defensive wall: our knowledge of this site is owed to heinrich schliemann who was an amateur archaeologist. Achaean (i. e. greek) forces at troy: the relationship between myth and reality is difficult, the later bronze age shaped myth as we have it. 2: slide: acropolis of mycenae this acropolis has a series of buildings that suggests that this was a powerful society that had access to resources. This shows that this area was marked as sacred and it makes this area ritually symbolic: slide: artists" reconstruction at pylos. Since there is not a lot left of mycenae this gives some idea of what mycenae may have looked like: slide: death masks.