GDES-220 Lecture 22: 1.15

• School: American University
• Department: Art: Graphic Design
• Course: GDES-220
• Professor: Brandon Thompson

Document Summary

South of the hittites empire are not indo-europeans. *polytheistic (many gods), anthropomorphic (gods resembled humans), ran by assembly and. *cuneiform, first known writing (before both linear a & b) *epic of gilgamesh myth or story that the sumerians are known for. Pg 58 has a map of the mediterranean and near east. *epic = long narrative poetry about deeds of heroes and gods: iliad and the odyssey. *dactylic hexameter: long short short, long long, based on vowel quantity. *wrote both the iliad and the odyssey. (begin with muses) *locus classicus for poetry as gift of muses. *we do not have a lot of greek literature because it was not canonized. *tragedy developed and possibly arose from the chorus. *arose in a time of peisistratus and sons, instrumental in rise of drama (6th century) *early tragedies (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a s(cid:272)ript (cid:271)ut (cid:373)ay(cid:271)e a tra(cid:374)s(cid:272)ript. *three people would be in a tragedy, could have more characters but then the actors would.