Gk session i intro
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This document outlines an introductory course on Classical Greece. The first session focuses on the origins of Greece, including the culture of Mycenaean Greece as described by Homer and the archaeological findings from this period. Key questions addressed are why study ancient Greece, what is the primary source of knowledge about prehistoric Greece, what was Mycenaean culture like, and how reliable is Homer as a historical source. The session also previews major topics to be covered in subsequent classes, such as the rise of city-states, Greek colonization, Sparta and Athens, the Persian Wars, the Golden Age, and Hellenism.
Gk session i intro
- 1. Classical Greece session i - Origins
- 2. Classical Greece session i - Origins
- 3. 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
- 4. 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?
- 5. preview of today’s session
- 9. Aristotle
- 10. Delphi tholos
- 21. Sophia Schliemann wearing “Priam’s treasure”
- 24. the lions Mycenae--reconstruction gate
- 27. interior shot of the same view
- 28. grave goods from a Mycenean shaft grave replicas
- 29. the “mask of Agamemnon”
- 30. Homer
- 31. “The wrath of Achilles” Leon Benouville
- 32. Odysseus
- 33. “Jupiter and Thetis” Jean Dominique Ingres
- 34. Zeus at Olympia Roman copy of Phideias
- 36. Napoleon i j.d. Ingres
- 39. Troy
- 42. The Blegen Library University of Cincinnati
- 44. Linear B
- 45. proto-Greek in a Phoenician alphabet
- 48. the world of Homer
- 52. preview of future classes
- 57. session iii-Colonies & Tyrants
- 60. Peisistratos tyrant of Athens ca 6th c BC – 527 or 528 BC
- 61. session iv-Sparta & Athens
- 63. Λ (lambda) is for Lacedaemon the name for the kingdom Sparta is its capital city
- 64. built 447-438 BC
- 65. Phideias shows his frieze for the Parthenon
- 66. session v-Great Wars, 490-404
- 67. the Persian wars, 490-479
- 69. Xerxes’ pontoon bridge across the Hellespont, 480 BC
- 74. session vii-Second Military Revolution
- 75. Epaminondas
- 76. Aleksander
- 80. Pergamon altar ( 1st half, 2nd c. bc) as reconstructed Pergamon Museum, Berlin
- 81. Laocoön and His Sons, 25 BC