HIST 2150 Lecture 4: L4
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Quiz in 2 weeks on the readings for the week (5%); understand the bigger issues, no minute details. The hunt for homer schliemann at troy and mycenae. European countries: pope in italy were giving export permits to the english because they were scared of the french; british ambassador was given permission by ottomans to take sculptures from outside. Homer, iliad and odyssey; 10 year war where greeks on mass sail over to troy and siege because prince of troy has had an affair with queen of sparta; agamemnon the brother of king of. Achilles killing prince of troy and best of trojan fighters; refers to things before and after the war; story itself is part of bigger cycle. Europe and prehistoric period, everyone wanted to see evidence of p(cid:396)ehisto(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:271)ut people (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e it; a lot of s(cid:272)hola(cid:396)s said these are just stories, some wanted to find truth behind homer.
