a basic chronology 1a. bronze age - minoans 1900-1450 bce
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Early Greece
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
A Basic Chronology !
1a. Bronze Age - Minoans 1900-1450 BCE 1b. Bronze Age - Mycenaeans 1450-1200
2. Iron Age (Dark Ages) 1200-750 3. Archaic Period 750-480
4. Classical Period 480-323 !
1a. Bronze Age Greece - MinoansThe Minoan Civilization (1900-1450 BCE)
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Knossos, Crete
1b. Bronze Age Greece - MycenaeansThe Mycenaean Civilization (1450-1200 BCE)
Mainland Greece, especially the Peloponnesus
Mycenae – Palace Megaron
Cf. Megaron at Pylos, Palace of Nestor
Mycenae – Palace Megaron
Cf. Megaron at Pylos, Palace of Nestor
Mycenae – Demons?
The Bronze Age - Collapse
!Greek Palace structures are destroyed in about 1200-1150 BCE
!Knossos Mycenae
Pylos Thebes Tiryns Troy(!)
We do not know how or by whom the devastation occurred - the Greeks told a story of invaders (the “Dorian invasion”)
2. The Greek “Dark Age” - the Iron Age!1200-750 BCE
Lefkandi – Heroön plan
2. The Iron Age!
1200-750 BCE
Early Geometric Vase 850 BCE
Iron Age – Movement to the Archaic Period
Early Greece
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
A Basic Chronology !
1a. Bronze Age - Minoans 1900-1450 BCE 1b. Bronze Age - Mycenaeans 1450-1200
2. Iron Age (Dark Ages) 1200-750 3. Archaic Period 750-480
4. Classical Period 480-323 !
3. The Archaic Period!
750-480 BCE
750 BCE
700 BCE 600 BCE 560 BCE
530 BCE
The Archaic Period 750-480 BCE
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
Background to the “Classical Moment” !
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The Archaic Period
Mantiklos Apollo, 700-650 BC
The Archaic Period
Mantiklos Apollo, 700-650 BC
The Archaic Period
Geometric bronze horse, c. 700 BC
The Archaic Period
New York Kouros c. 600 BC
The Archaic Period
Kouros c. 600 BC
Mentuemhet, Egypt, 7th c.
The Archaic Period
Kleobis & Biton, c. 590 BC
The Archaic Period
Calf Bearer Kouros, 560 BC
• “Archaic smile”
The Archaic Period
Kroisos (Anavysos ) Kouros c. 530 BC
• Note original paint
The Archaic Period – Movement to the Classical
Cf. Kritios Boy, 480 BC
The Archaic Period
Maiden from Auxerre, c. 650 BC
The Archaic Period
Phrasikleia Kore, c. 550 BC
The Archaic Period
Peplos Kore c. 530 BC
The Archaic Period
Maiden of Chios, c. 510 BC
Cf. Caryatids from the Porch of Maidens, Erechtheion, Acropolis; Stele of Ampharete
The Archaic Period – Movement to the Classical
A Basic Chronology !
1a. Bronze Age - Minoans 1900-1450 BCE 1b. Bronze Age - Mycenaeans 1450-1200
2. Iron Age (Dark Ages) 1200-750 3. Archaic Period 750-480
4. Classical Period 480-323 !
3. Archaic Period 750-480
480 BCE
480 BCE The Persian War
480 The Persian War
480 The Persian (Achaemenid) Empire
Herodotus
“The History of the Persian Wars”“The History of the Persian Wars”
“The Father of History”
Herodotus
What is “History”?
Herodotus
What does it mean to write “History” before “History” has been invented?
Herodotus
But what does it mean to “invent” history?
Herodotus
History as a formal narrative about the past (the study of such narratives is call historiography)
Herodotus
History as a formal narrative about the past
• NOT “A COLLECTION OF FACTS ABOUT THE PAST” • NOT “WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST”
… AT LEAST NOT SIMPLY THAT
Herodotus
History as a formal narrative about the past
• Story (narrative) • Memorialization • Analysis • Selection • Meaning
Herodotus, proem: “presentation to the public,” “researches” = historiê, “time not erase”, “great and marvelous deeds,” “glory” = kleos,
“why”, “war/quarrel”
The Snatchings of Women
IONIA
Erythraean Sea
1.1 Media (land of the Medes), Persia (land of the Persians), Phoenicia, Erythraean Sea, Egypt, Argos, Crete, Tyre, Colchis, Troy
Herodotus
The Snatchings of Women
IONIA
Erythraean Sea
1.1 Media (land of the Medes), Persia (land of the Persians), Phoenicia, Erythraean Sea, Egypt, Argos, Crete, Tyre, Colchis, Troy
Herodotus
Io
Europa
Medea
Helen
The Snatchings of Women
IONIA
Erythraean Sea
1.1 Media (land of the Medes), Persia (land of the Persians), Phoenicia, Erythraean Sea, Egypt, Argos, Crete, Tyre, Colchis, Troy
Herodotus
IoEuropaMedeaHelen
“The Persians Say”“The Greeks Say”“The Phoenicians Say”
The Snatchings of Women
IONIA
Erythraean Sea
1.1 Media (land of the Medes), Persia (land of the Persians), Phoenicia, Erythraean Sea, Egypt, Argos, Crete, Tyre, Colchis, Troy
Herodotus
“The Persians Say”“The Greeks Say”
“The Phoenicians Say”
WEST / EAST
Themes:
The Snatchings of Women
IONIA
Erythraean Sea
1.1 Media (land of the Medes), Persia (land of the Persians), Phoenicia, Erythraean Sea, Egypt, Argos, Crete, Tyre, Colchis, Troy
Herodotus
“The Persians Say”“The Greeks Say”
“The Phoenicians Say”
WEST / EASTThemes:
Cause of the quarrelWomen as objects
Refusal of ransom
The Story of Gyges Herodotus
IONIA
1.2 Lydia, the river Halys, Delphi, Corinth, Miletus (Milesia is the area around Miletus), Colophon, Priene
LYDIA
• Miletus
Corinth •
The Story of Gyges
Herodotus
Halys river •
1.3s Lydia, Sardis, Ephesus, Miletus. The Maeander River flows just north of Miletus, and the town of Assessus is also in the area near Miletus (Milesia).
The Story of Gyges
Herodotus
Themes