Classical Greecesession i - Origins

Classical Greecesession i - Origins

course outline

i - Origins

ii - Rise of the Polis

iii - Colonies & Tyrants

iv - Sparta & Athens

v - Great Wars, 490-404

vi - Golden Age

vii - Second Military Revolution

viii - Hellenism

Questions to Answer in this Session

Why study ancient Greece?

What is our primary source of knowledge about prehistoric Greece?

What was the culture of Mycenaen Greece like?

How does Homer stand up as an historical source?

What were the Greek Dark Ages?

What are the latest findings about this period?

preview of today’s session

Achilles and Patroklos

Ancient Sparta--theater

Aristotle

Delphitholos

Delphitreasure house

Palace at Knossos

Discus of Phaistos

Knossos--throne room

Knossos--restored palace

HeinrichSchliemann

SophiaSchliemann

wearing“Priam’streasure”

Mycenae--the lion’s gate

Mycenae--reconstructionthe

lionsgate

Mycenae--acropolis

Mycenae--tholos tomb

interior shot of the same view

grave goods from a Mycenean shaft gravereplicas

the “mask of Agamemnon”

Homer

“The wrath of Achilles”Leon Benouville

Odysseus

“Jupiter and Thetis”Jean Dominique Ingres

Zeus at OlympiaRoman copy of Phideias

Napoleon ij.d. Ingres

LincolnDaniel Chester French

Troy

The Blegen LibraryUniversity of Cincinnati

Linear B

proto-Greek ina Phoenician alphabet

the world of Homer

the Lelantine War

Heroön at Lefkandi

preview of future classes

session ii- Polis

session iii-Colonies & Tyrants

Peisistratostyrant of Athens

ca 6th c BC – 527 or 528 BC

session iv-Sparta & Athens

Λ (lambda) is for Lacedaemonthe name for the kingdom

Sparta is its capital city

built 447-438 BC

Phideias shows his frieze for the Parthenon

session v-Great Wars, 490-404

the Persian wars, 490-479

Xerxes’ pontoon bridge across the Hellespont, 480 BC

session vi-Golden Age

ThalesFather of Philosophy

HerodotosFather of History

PeriklesFather of Democracy

session vii-Second Military Revolution

Epaminondas

Aleksander

Gaugamela, 331 BC

session viii-Hellenism

Pergamon altar ( 1st half, 2nd c. bc) as reconstructed

Pergamon Museum, Berlin

Laocoön and His Sons, 25 BC