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i Origins

I. Reasons to Study Ancient Greece (5-14)A. Professor Kagan’s list

1. for its own sake-it’s amazingly interesting2. the starting point for Western Civilization

B. AristotleC. DelphiD. humanism

II. έν ρχ (ěἀ ῇ n archē=in the beginning) (15-42)A. Prehistoric

1. archaeology2. periodization

B. Minoan Age (3650-1170 BC)1. Knossos2. Phaistos- Linear A

C. Mycenaean Greece (1900-1100 BC)1. Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890)2. characteristics of Mycenaean Greece

III. Homer (43-72)A. The Homeric QuestionB. The Iliad

1. historicity2. Troy

a. Carl Blegan (1887-1971)3. The Wrath of Achilles

a. epithets, simile, imageryb. Achilles and Priam

C. The Odyssey 1. comparison to the Iliad

D. Homer’s place, then and now

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IV. The Gods (73-79)A. Theological overviewB. Hesiod

1. Myth2. Robert Graves (1895-1985)

C. The Twelve

V. The Greek Dark Ages (80-101)A. What ended the Bronze Age?

1. various hypothesesa. Mediterranean warfare & the Sea Peoplesb. Dorian invasion-iron age weapons

B. Greek dialects1. Aeolians2. Ionians3. Dorians

C. Dark Age culture1. why “Dark”?2. The Lelantine War--some time between 710-650 BC

a. LefkandiD. Literacy

1. the new alphabet ( alpha α & beta β)

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