HUM 140 Lecture 5: HUM_Greek_Myths_Lecture
Document Summary
Much of western visual art, architecture, entertainment, government, and science started in ancient greece. Developed more slowly than the river civilizations. Farming villages were established on the peloponnesus and aegean islands as early as 4,000 b. c. Trading ships from every land used ports in greece. Established on the island of crete 3650-1450 bce. Name for the mythical king minos, who had a palace with a labyrinth containing a minotaur. Knossos: the palace on crete, destroyed in a natural disaster. The port city of mycenae became center of trade. The focus of the culture shifted to the mainland. Early greek dialects are spoken in attica and on the peloponnesus. Myths are created as an oral tradition. Greek olives grow only on the mainland. The fruit was farmed, pressed, and exported for profit. An ancient city destroyed in 1,180 bce. It is located across the aegean sea from greece, on the coast of modern.
