FMD 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ancient Greece, Minoan Religion, Minoan Snake Goddess Figurines
22 Sep 2016
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Nubia and mycenea are the two socio-cultural systems that made up crete, the pre- How are these 2 systems familiar: natural environment and cultural contact. Island status: minoa was not defensively oriented: social institutions. Trade: minoa (crete, general socio- cultural system, societal institutions, stratification. Raised sheep and goats for wool: motifs, geometric. Goddesses, priests and priestesses; court life: weapons (labrys- double headed axe, symbols, dress, ideology, religion- snake goddess: origins possibly sumerian, aesthetics and technology. Skirts with a rolled belt (both genders) Gender distinctions (skirt length and style distinctions) Knowledge of construction/how to make fitted garments: modesty beliefs. Mycenae: aggressive/ militaristic and trading society, social institutions, stratification. Lower class of craftsmen, peasants, and shepherds: economy: trade; women least valued; top down stratification, dress similar to minoa with some differences, soldiers. Shin guards of bronze, leather or felts. Hair pulled back and bearded: stratification: gender. From dark ages (1200 bce) through the hellenistic age (ending 31 bce) golden age aka.
