Classics 10 Midterm #1

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Snake Goddess, Knossos

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Bull Leaper, Hall of the Frescoes, Knossos

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Dying Warrior, Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, 500 BCE

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Herakles, Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, 500 BCE

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East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, 500 BCE

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Dying Warrior, Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, 500 BCE

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West Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, 500 BCE

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Paris, Temple of Aphaia on Aegina 500 BCE

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Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, 500 BCE

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Troy, at hill of Hisarlik

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Troy, at hill of Hisarlik (Main Archaeological layers of the site of Troy/Hisarlik)

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Priam's Treasure found by Heinrich Schliemann

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Mycenaea
• 1876 excavations begin
• Massive Bronze Age walled city
• Habitation since neolithic times culminating in
its greatest phase c. 1600-1200 BCE

• Cyclopean masonry

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The Lion Gate at Mycenaea

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Megaron Reconstruction of Mycenaea

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The Treasury of Atreus - Tholos Tomb

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Mycenaea Grave Circle A -
16th c. BCE "Pre-Trojan War"

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Mask of Agamemnon

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Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941)
Found Minoan society, Linear A and B, Knossos

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Knossos

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Throne Room, Knossos

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Hearth and Megaron of Palace of Nestor at Pylos
Late Bronze Age Palace (c. 1300-1200 BCE)

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Tholos Tomb, Pylos

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Linear B Tablet, found at Pylos and Knossos
Inventory documents that showed redistributive economy, showed continuity in religion and language

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Michael Ventris, 1922-1956

Deciphered Linear B to be Greek through names and Greek words

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Pylos Tripod Tablet

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Boar's Tusk Helmet, Mycenae - hint of Bronze Age society in Homer's poems

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Milman Parry - dissertation discussed formulaic metrical expression in Homer, studied oral poetry in Yugoslavia from 1933-1935, formulated oral hypothesis for Homeric epics

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Albert Lord - Parry's assistant who helped Parry in his study in Yugoslavia, and in turn helped with the formulation of the oral hypothesis.

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Xeropolis Hill, Lefkandi (Late Bronze Age)

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Toumba, Lefkandi, 950 BCE

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Attic Proto-Geometric shoulder handled amphora c 975-950 BCE

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Attic Middle Geometric belly handled amphora

c 850-760

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Euboian pendent semi-circle skyphos

c. 900-800 BCE

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Grave of "Rich Lady of Areopagos" ca. 850 BCE

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Grave of "Rich Lady of Areopagos" ca. 850 BCE

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Grave of "Rich Lady of Areopagos" ca. 850 BCE

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The Dipylon Vase

Earliest evidence of Greek alphabet - late Geometric oinochoe with graffito from Athens, ca 740 BCE

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Nestor's Cup, Pithecusae, c 720 BCE

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Sanctuary of Thermon - Aetolia
Meeting place of an ethnos?

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Temple of Apollo, Delphi

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Beehive Tomb, Tholos,
Conical Vaulting - 1250 BCE

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Heinrich Schliemann, 1822-1890