ELEMENTARY GREEK GREK 1001 M-Th 8:40-9:30 ***. ELEMENTARY GREEK Writing the Greek alphabet.
Greek Civilization
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Transcript of Greek Civilization
GREEK CIVILIZATION
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Migration and colonization
Migration and colonization
Greek originals: the Alphabet & Literary Culture
Alpha Beta Gamma Delta
Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ θ φ χ ψ ω
From Phoenician to Greek
ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ: ... :ΕΥΠΟΤΟΝ:ΠΟΤΕΡΙΟΝΗΟΣΔΑΤΟΔΕΠΙΕΣΙ:ΠΟΤΕΡΙ .. :AΥΤΙΚΑΚΕΝΟΝΗΙΜΕΡΟΣΗΑΙΡΕΣΕΙ:ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΕΦΑΝΟ:ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΕΣ
Νέστορος [εἰμὶ] εὔποτ[ον] ποτήριο[ν]·ὃς δ’ ἂν τοῦδε π[ίησι] ποτηρί[ου] αὐτίκα κῆνονἵμερ[ος αἱρ]ήσει καλλιστ[εφάν]ου Ἀφροδίτης.
Nestor’s cup I am, good to drink from. Whoever drinks this cup empty, straightaway the desire of beautiful-crowned Aphrodite will seize.
Nestor’s cup c. 750 BCPithikoussai, Italy
Sappho fragments on papyrus
P. Köln 21351+21376
P. Oxy. 1787
Greek originals: sculpture
Archaic Sculpture
• Kouros (Kouroi)• Kore (Korai)
Mantiklos Apollo, 700-650 BC
Geometric bronze horse, c. 700 BC
New York Kourosc. 600 BC
Kourosc. 600 BC
Mentuemhet, Egypt, 7th c.
Kleobis & Biton, c. 590 BC
Calf Bearer Kouros, 560 BC
• “Archaic smile”
Kroisos (Anavysos ) Kouros c. 530 BC
• Note original paint
Cf. Kritios Boy, 480 BC
Maiden from Auxerre, c. 650 BC
Phrasikleia Kore, c. 550 BC
Peplos Kore c. 530 BC
Maiden of Chios, c. 510 BC
Cf. Caryatids from the Porch of Maidens, Erechtheion, Acropolis; Stele of Ampharete