Classical Studies 2200 Lecture 2: Classical Studies Lecture Notes September 20th 2016
16 Oct 2016
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Most of the evidence that existed no longer exists: the evidence that has survived is more often than not found in tiny pieces. Nature: dark ages, 1100-800 bce, decline in population, absence of literacy, everything must have been transmitted orally, economic decline. Mediterranean and the near east: the greek culture was being brought to a larger area, hellenistic period, successors of alexander the great rule vast areas around the mediterranean, The creation and evolution of the universe: hesiod"s theogony. 700 bce: the archaic period where literacy starts to take hold. Tells us he is a farmer and poet from the region of boeotia. He wrote: theogony, works and days. Birth of the gods : birth of the world-order or universe. It shares both the birth of the gods as well as the birth of the universe. One generation inherits the world from the previous generation and tells.
