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Marriage of Thetis and Peleus
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HeraAthenaAphrodite
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Helen of Sparta
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MenelausAgamemnon
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OdysseusAchilles
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Iphigenia
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Briseis Plague Death of Patroclus Death of Hector Death of AchillesDeath of Paris
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Helen gets back w/ Menelaus, but they’re stranded in Egypt for 7 years Agamemnon makes it back to Mycenae, but is killed by his wife Clytemnestra with an axe Odysseus wandered the sea for 10 years before returning home to Ithaca
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Homer’s Troy (VII)
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MINOANSMYCENAE Island of Crete Sir Arthur Evans King Minos Peaceful culture? Palace culture, vivid frescos, bull cult, fishing and trade Linear A Minotaur Greek Mainland Schliemann King Agamemnon Warlike culture Palace culture, walls and defenses, beehive and shaft graves Linear B Troy
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(DORIANS} (DORIANS}
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Greek City State or Citizen State “the people” or “the community”
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Each polis had an agora (market place) and acropolis (fortified citadel)
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The Polis is fundamental to Greeks! Big Idea: People knew leaders and elected them Consequence: No Divine Leaders No Standing Army No Imperial Bureaucracy
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Citizen = Adult males Non-citizen = Women, children, slaves and resident aliens (aka outsiders)
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Different types of Polis Rule: Monarchy- rule by 1 Timocracy- rule by rich Oligarchy- rule by a few Democracy- rule by people Tyranny- rule by a tyrant
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Polytheistic Hierarchal Moral guideline Anything in excess improper Explained world Myths
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Aphrodite- Love & Beauty Apollo- Sun & Music Ares- War Artemis- Hunt Athena- Wisdom & Arts Demeter- Harvest Dionysus- Wine Hades- Underworld Hephaestus- Metallurgy Hera- Family Hermes- Trade Hestia- Hearth Poseidon- Sea Zeus- Sky
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Immortal, but not all powerful Act like humans, have human vices too Meddle and mingle w/ humans
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“Place of Hades” Early thought = Gloomy Place Later thought = Place of Judgment Rewarded or cursed Fields of Asphodel Tartarus Punishment fit crime
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Build temples National shrines Oracle of Delphi Sacrifice Festivals Olympics
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