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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
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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