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Territory included: Mountainous peninsula Divided Greeks – never unified 1,400 islands W. coast Asia Minor/Anatolia “Did not live on land, but AROUND seas” Seas = Liquid highways Trade very important b/c little resources No timber, precious metals, usable farmland Ate simple diet grapes, grains, olives Moderate climate Winter = 48 degrees F Summer = 80 degrees F Most people spent time outside
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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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Fundamental idea: All male citizens equal political rights based on ownership of property Non-citizen = Women, children, slaves and resident aliens (aka outsiders)
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THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEYTHEOGONY AND WORKS AND DAYS
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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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