intro to greece session 2
DESCRIPTION
the transition from Dark Ages to Archaic GreeceTRANSCRIPT
Classical Greecesession ii - Polis
course outline
i - Origins
ii - Polis
iii - Colonies & Tyrants
iv - Sparta & Athens
v - Great Wars, 490-404
vi - Golden Age
vii - Second Military Revolution
viii - Hellenism
Major Points in the last Session
We study ancient Greece for many reasons, especially because it is the foundation of Western Civilization
Archaeology is our primary source of knowledge about prehistoric Greece
The bronze age culture of Mycenaean Greece was aristocratic
There are complex problems in using Homer as an historical source
The Greek Dark Ages followed the collapse of the Mycenaean Age
Recent discoveries about this period have added much information
Questions to answer in this session
What were the Greek beliefs about justice? How did they relate to the polis?
What exactly is a polis?
Was Athens a typical polis?
What produced the agrarian revolution?
How did it proceed?
What were its political and military consequences?
How did hoplite soldier-farmers become the essence of the polis?
review of the last session
Achilles and Patroklos
Ancient Sparta--theater
Aristotle
Delphitholos
Delphitreasure house
Palace at Knossos
Discus of Phaistos
Knossos--restored palace
HeinrichSchliemann
sessions remaining
iii - Colonies & Tyrants
iv - Sparta & Athens
v - Great Wars, 490-404
vi - Golden Age
vii - Second Military Revolution
viii - Hellenism
SophiaSchliemann
wearing“Priam’streasure”
Mycenae--the lion’s gate
Mycenae--reconstructionthe
lionsgate
Mycenae--acropolis
Mycenae--tholos tomb
interior shot of the same view
grave goods from a Mycenean shaft gravereplicas
the “mask of Agamemnon”
Homer
“The wrath of Achilles”Leon Benouville
Odysseus
“Jupiter and Thetis”Jean Dominique Ingres
Zeus at OlympiaRoman copy of Phideias
Napoleon ij.d. Ingres
LincolnDaniel Chester French
Troy
The Blegen LibraryUniversity of Cincinnati
Linear B
proto-Greek ina Phoenician alphabet
the world of Homer
the Lelantine War
Heroön at Lefkandi
preview of today’s session
Η ΔικαιοσὖνηΤό τί;
“[the] Justice.“What [is] it?”
Plato, Republic
Justice Astraea (in the stars)
[The Athenian] Acropolis, Leo von Klenze
“FROGS AROUND A POND”-- SOCRATES, IN THE PHAEDO
Victor Davis Hanson(1953-)
Olive oil production in Klazomenai, an ancient city of Ionia
( now, near Urla, Izmir, Turkey)
transport amphora serving amphora
Harmodius & Aristogeton kill the tyrant Hipparchus
the Chigi vase, 4th c. BC
όπλον
Hoplon
ὁπλίτηςhoplite
παιάν
παιάν
paean
Questions to answer in this session
What were the Greek beliefs about justice? How did they relate to the polis?
What exactly is a polis?
Was Athens a typical polis?
What produced the agrarian revolution?
How did it proceed?
What were its political and military consequences?
How did hoplite soldier-farmers become the essence of the polis?