Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 4: Classics Bronze Age The Myceneans

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

New palace period: 1700-1450 bc: big destruction from earthquakes, palace, courtyard, throne room, agglutinative style (labyrinth style- complex) Literary evidence: minos was first person to organize a navy, ruled over the cyclades (thucydides 1,4 ca. Bc: thucydides recorded this about someone 1000 years before him, how would he know. Akrotiri is now a preserved site: proof of 2 story houses. Frescoes: plaster is put on the wall, as its wet ppl paint on it and it seeps into the wall and lasts a long time. Evidence that its a complex society, because farmers don"t built 2 story houses. Egyptian documents mention keftiu (crete) and the "the island in the middle of the great green" Summary: archaeology confirms, minoan presence all over the mediterranean, especially on metal routes, problem: "did minoanization amount to military control via navy" End of minoan palace culture: 1450 bc: destruction of most palaces expect knossos, 1375 bc: destruction of knossos.