Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Narrative Poetry, Grave Goods, Lion Gate

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

Document Summary

Heinrich schliemann (1822-1890); not a professional archaeologist, no formal training, just had a love of the homeric epics as a child. When he lived, the general view was the homeric was completely mythical/fantasy . Schliemann, however, really believed that these poems and people were in some sense true. Became a very wealthy businessman and when he retired he used his fortune to explore his archaeological passion all he wanted to do was find the places mentioned in the. Wanted to find mycenae and troy remarkably, he found them. Would occasionally buy antiquities off the black market and pass them off as being found on one of his sites. The relationship of myth to reality is tricky but there is almost always a connection. There is a connection between the world of the iliad to the world of bronze age greece. A major center of power during the later helladic period.