Classical Civilizations: Greece
SECTION 1 Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
Mr. PagliaroSeymour High School
Objectives Identify the Mycenaeans Explain how Greek culture is based on
Mycenaean, Minoan, and Dorian cultures Identify Homer and the significance of
Greek Epics
Key TermsTerms epics myths Trojan War
Names Minoans Mycenaeans Heinrich Schliemann Homer Aesop
Mediterranean Geography
Greek Settlements
Regions of Greece Isthmus of Corinth
Peloponnese
The Greek landscape
Greek Coastline
Trojan War Iliad-Homer Achaeans
(Mycenaeans) vs. Trojans
Achilles!!!
Hellespont
Classical Greek Trade Routes
•Used Homer’s epics to discover Troy and other Mycenaean sites.
Heinrich SchliemannHeinrich Schliemann & Troy
Mask of Agamemnon
The Greek Oral Tradition: The Greek Oral Tradition: StorytellersStorytellersAesop-Aesop-c. 600s BCc. 600s BC Fables
Tell moral tales Taught values
Slave
Homer-Homer-c. 1100s BC/800s BCc. 1100s BC/800s BC Iliad &
Odyssey Epics Taught:
Religion Morals Values Greek ideals
Multiple authors?
Blind
Dorian InvasionDorian Invasion C. 1200 BC End of Mycenaean cultureEnd of Mycenaean culture Major cities burned (Athens and Sparta
remained) Greece entered a Dark AgeGreece entered a Dark Age
No written recordsNo written records
Dorian Age/Dark AgeDorian Age/Dark Agec. 1150-750 BCc. 1150-750 BC Indo-Europeans
Brought ironBrought iron
Less advanced than Mycenaeans No writing No writing
Mycenaeans wrote similarly to Minoans
Review What impact did nearness to the sea
have on the development of Greece? Why were the epics of importance to the
Greeks of the Dorian period?