Ancient Greece - Unit 2

What is the Apple of Discord/ Judgment of Pairs

• Athena, Aphrodite, Hera and Paris

• Athena offers him wisdom and warrior

• Aphrodite offers the fairest women (Helen)

• Hera offers land

When was the Mycenae period

750-1100

When did Homer write the Illiad

750 BC

When was the Trojan War

1200 BCE

how long was the Trojan war

10 years

how much of the Trojan war is in the Illiad

50 days

what was the conflict over Helen fought by

Menelaus v. Paris

which book is Menelaus v. Paris

book 3

who was Achilles v Agamemnon over

Briseis

who was the major conflict in book 1 between

Achilles v Agamemnon

why was achilles v Hector

Patroclus

which book is achilles v Hector

book 22

which characters have conflict in book 24

Achilles v Priam

who has conflict over Hector

Achilles v Priam

Where is Achilles from

Phthia

Who is from Plyos

Nestor is from

Where is Homer from

Ilion

who is from Mycenae

Agamemnon

where is Helen from

Sparta

Bronze age

3000-1100

Mycenaeans

1750 - 1100

sack of Troy

c.1200

1100-750

Iron age

Iron age features

• no Greek writing

• local oral or tradition

750-500

Archaic period

Homer and Hesiod

c.750

Features of Archaic period

• greek alphabet

• Panhellenic writing

Classical period

500-300

features of classical period

standardized text

blind bard or singer - the muses take away his sight and give him the ability to sing the song of Troy

Homer

what rhythm is Iliad written in

deltaic hexameter

what is comprovisation

repeating the story over orally creates variety

example of epic simile

• in the sky shouting = loud

• achaeans like thick mist quite and ominous

What happens in book 3 Menelaus v Paris

• Menelaus almost merks Paris Aphrodite saves him

• Aphrodite Paris to bedroom with Helen

• Helen feels guilty and tell Paris he is a coward then they have sex

what is moria

• double determination

• your genes and then what you do

• portion or share

what is

• divine lineage and favor

• competitive and cooperative arete

a part of

heroic excellence

what is

• honor and reward = time

• shame and disgrace = aidos

• fame = kudos

• glory = kleos

a part of

warrior code of honor

when was Troy VI

1275

what Troy was 1200

Troy VII year

what ended Troy VI

earthquake

which troy was ended by human conflict (perhaps the Trojan war)

Troy VII

who found Grave circle A

Heinrich Scliomann

when did Heinrich Scliomann find Grave circle A

1500

what was found in 1500 in Grave Circle A

• Death Gold Masks, lapis, bronze, gold, silver

• knife lion on one side killing prey and man killing victim on the other

which troy was the Grave Circle A attached to

Heinrich Scliomann thought he found stuff from Trojan war(Troy VII) but it was actually from Troy VI

Where was the lions gate

Mycenae

which year where the Mycenae, Cyclopean Walls

1250

was this how Mycenaean elites where buried(fact) or Homeric warriors - in the myth (anachronism):

• shaft graves 1500s

• group burials

• treasures of the dead

• “beehive” tombs 1200s

Mycenaean elites - fact

was this how Mycenaean elites where buried(fact) or Homeric warriors - in the myth (anachronism):

• cremation

• individual graves

• funeral rites (right to be buried correctly)

• burial mounds

Homeric warriors - in the myth (anachronism)

what are the Hitti Documents

• Treaty 1280

• Letter 1250

what do Treaty 1280 and Letter 1250 prove

proof Trojan and Turkish exist, Aegnemon, Paris, Priam

where was Linear Script B found

Nestor Palace

what did Linear Script B tell us

• syllabic alphabet

• proof of Greek literate

• centralized economic system

  • administrative verity

  • scribal bureaucracy

  • conspicuous consumption = proof of ordered society

when is Linear Script B supposed to be from

1250

what is a epitaph

in relation to death, author speaks to remember the dead

what is a apostrophe

to speak to the character stop third person

Homer stops the story to foreshadow that if Hector kills Patroclus Achilles will kill Hector is an example of what

apostrophe

What member of the embassy to Achilles offers him the gifts from Aegenenom

Odysseus

How does Pheonix appeal to Achiles

emotional and Melegear how he intervened too late bc of a family feud only came back bc of the wife Cleopatra

What is important about Melegear

he joined the battle too late

What does Aias say to Achilles

basically - you are hopeless you disgrace us bc u r healthy and no fight and coward

What is the initial conflict of the Iliad

Briseis and Chryseis are stolen

who does trasactional prayer to get back their daughter

Chryses prays to Apollo

is bum-diddy bum-diddy bum-diddy bum-diddy bum-diddy bum-dee iambic pentameter or dactylic hexameter

dactylic hexameter

Achilles- of the swift feet... cloud-gathering Zeus... Trojans breakers of horses… are examples of

Epithets

Sighing heavily… Then in answer again spoke example of

Phrases

which book Achilles withdraws

Book 1

which book Achaean and Trojans assembles

book 2

Menelaus and Paris duel which book

book 3

Trojan archer Pandros incited combat whihc book

book 4

Diomedes leads Achaean which book

book 5

which book Hector in Troy

book 6

which book Hector leads Trojan advance

book 7/8

which book Achilles refuses to return

book 9

heavy assault which book

book 11

fighting for Achaean ships which book

book 12-15

what is aidos

shame and disgrace

what is kudos

fame

what is kelos

glory

define anachronism

not constant with time

• massive stone walls

• multi gates towers

• residential courtyards

• paved roads

are characteristics of Fortified citadel or Southside township(1980s)

Fortified citadel

• timber and mud brick

• wooden palisade(16x)

• exterior ditch or moat

are characteristics of

Southside township(1980s)

anachronisms from the epics

• literacy loss

• changing funeral customs

• weapons and fighting

defense and display in Myceanea

• Cyclopean Wall(15-35ft)

• Lion Gate (10fx10f)

• reinforced (c.1250)

when and where was “Treasury of Atreus”

• tholos tomb c. 1300 Mycenae

• 45f x 45f

“Palace of Nestor” & Central hall characteristics of throne room

• 3-stage approach

• single axial entrance

• central hearth

• 4 columns

• RH throne

what was part of the Majestic display in Palace of Nestor

• painted walls

• patterned floors

• maze of rooms

• upper floor

• graphic description

• similes: nature / people

are examples of what options: epitaphs, preview, verse, epic tropes, narrative strategies

epic tropes

what are examples of narrative strategies

• flashbacks: “epitaphs”

• previews: foreshadowing

• internal audiences

• apostrophe

what book is Chryseis and Bryesis stolen

book 1

what is the main plot point of book 3

Meneluas v Paris

What book does Hector return to his fam

Book 6

What is the main plot point of book 9

Embassy to Achilles

What book do Trojans break Greek Wall

Book 11

Which book does Patroclus die in

16

What happens in book 17

fight over Patroclus body

Which book does Hephaestus make armor for Achilles?

Book 18

What is the main plot point of book 19

Achilles returns

Which book does Hector die in

Book 22

What is the main plot point of book 24

Hector’s funeral