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    The document summarizes lectures on the Dark Ages and the world of Homer from 1000-750 BCE. It provides background on the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations from 3000-1100 BCE, including major sites like Knossos and Pylos. It then discusses the Greek Dark Ages from 1100-750 BCE, when writing was lost. The lectures examine Homer's epics as historical sources and the social institutions they describe, comparing these to evidence from the Linear B tablets. Images of artifacts are included to illustrate the periods discussed.

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    The document summarizes lectures on the Dark Ages and the world of Homer from 1000-750 BCE. It provides background on the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations from 3000-1100 BCE, including major sites like Knossos and Pylos. It then discusses the Greek Dark Ages from 1100-750 BCE, when writing was lost. The lectures examine Homer's epics as historical sources and the social institutions they describe, comparing these to evidence from the Linear B tablets. Images of artifacts are included to illustrate the periods discussed.

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    The document summarizes lectures on the Dark Ages and the world of Homer from 1000-750 BCE. It provides background on the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations from 3000-1100 BCE, including major sites like Knossos and Pylos. It then discusses the Greek Dark Ages from 1100-750 BCE, when writing was lost. The lectures examine Homer's epics as historical sources and the social institutions they describe, comparing these to evidence from the Linear B tablets. Images of artifacts are included to illustrate the periods discussed.

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    Week 2: The Dark Ages

    Lecture 2, The Origins of the Greek World, 3000-1100, Key Words Minos Linear A Minoans Pithoi Thalassocracy Mycenaeans Pylos Shaft and Beehive Graves Linear B Michael Ventris Wanax Lawagetas Temenos Pasireu Hittites Atreus and Thyestes Seven against Thebes Tiryns Thera Dorian Invasion Codrus Heraclidae Megaron Age of Heroes Epic Tradition

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    Knossos, Palace, West Magazine: Pithoi

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    Mycenae: daggers from Shaft Grave

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    Mycenae: Grave Circle A: Shaft Grave V: Mask of Agamemnon; Gold, 16th century

    Chronological Table for Lecture 2


    Cretan history Minoan periods
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    7000-3500 Neolithic period 3500-1100 The Bronze Age 3500-1900 Prepalatial period 2600-1450 Minoan Civilization of Crete 2000 First palaces in Crete 1900-1700 Protopalatial (period of the Old Palaces) 1750-1400 Linear A 1700-1450 Neopalatial (the period of the New Palaces) Knossos, fresco from palace: priest-king 1647-1628 Volcano-island Thera destroyed in an eruption; severe blow to Minoan civilization 1450-1100 Postpalatial (except Final Palace period at Knossos) 1375 Knossos destroyed 1100-1000 The Subminoan period

    Mainland Greek history 6500-3000 Neolithic Period; permanent farming villages; domestication of plants and animals; pottery 3000-2100 Early Bronze Age; social ranking emerges; villages and districts ruled by hereditary chiefs 2500 Widespread use of bronze and other metals in the Aegean 2100-1600 Middle Bronze Age 2100-1900 Lerna and other sites destroyed; incursions of Indo-European speakers (arrival of first Greeks) into mainland Greece 1900 Mainland contacts with Crete and the Near East 1600-1100 Late Bronze Age/Mycenaean Age 1450-1200 Linear B 1450 Mycenaean takeover of Crete; Tholos tombs 1450-1200 Height of Mycenaean power and prosperity in Greece (new palaces in Greece) 1250 Trojan War 1200 Invaders loot and burn the palace centers 1200-1100 Destruction of Mycenaean World; palace-system collapses; cultural decline 1200 Fall of Pylos 1150 Fall of Mycenae Image not shown 1100-750 Dark Age; loss of writing due to copyright restrictions 800 Greeks develop an alphabet
    Mycenae Gold and Silver: vessels: decorated golden cup

    Lecture 3, The Dark Ages and the World of Homer, 1000-750, Key Words Schliemann Milman Parry Polis Wanaktes Achilles Hector Nausicaa Odysseus Priam Thersites Basileis Basileutatos Council (Boule) Assembly (Agora)

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    Classical Aison, 450-425, Pyxis-lid; Odysseus, Nausicaa

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    Achilles: red figure amphora Achilles painter 445-440 BC

    Blinding of Polyphemos by Odysseus and companions, from Etruria, 510-490 BC

    The Homeric World and the Bronze Age


    BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY: Knossos, Pylos, Mycenae, Linear A, Linear B, wanax, basileus (pasireu), gerousia, lawagetas, demos CONSIDER: 1. What is the value of the Homeric epics as historical sources? For what period(s) are they sources? When were they composed? Over how long a period were they composed? Is there anything about the method of composition (oral formulaic poetry) that would encourage us to expect that they could preserve material significantly earlier than their date of composition? 2. What kinds of evidence do we possess about the Trojan War? What were Homers sources about the Trojan War and the Mycenaean period and how reliable might they have been? Who has better evidence about this period, Homer or we? 3. Analyze the social and political institutions described by Homer. What were the relative powers of the Homeric king, nobility, people? What power is retained by women? 4. Are the institutions described by Homer those of his day or of the late Mycenaean period? Consider the evidence presented by the Linear B tablets. 5. What is the relationship between people and the gods in Homer? Between the individual and the community? Between men and women? What are the values of this community?
    Knossos, Palace: Queens Megaron: view into court

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    Mycenae: Grave Circle A: view

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