Chapter 08 - Aegean Civilizations Of The Bronze Age Flashcards
Ch 8: Story - Parallel Lives by Plutarch tells the story of a character who slew the Minotaur, sailed off with Ariadne (daughter of King Minos who gave him a spool of thread so he could find his way out of the labyrinth), and beat Taurus in a wresting match - who is this man?
Theseus
Ch 8: Theseus was the sun of King Aigeus of what great Greek city? Rumor mill says he may have been the result of rape by what Greek god?
Athens. Poseidon.
Ch 8: Athens was obligated to pay 7 girls and 7 boys to King Minos, the King of Crete, for what purpose?
To sacrifice to the Minotaur
Ch 8: In Greek legend, the king of Crete was the son of Zeus and Europa - who was this king?
King Minos
Ch. 8: Poseidon, a total fucking douche, was mad at King Minos for not sacrificing a bull; how did he retaliate? What was the outcome?
He forced Minos’ wife, Pasiphae, to fall in love with a bull. The result was bestiality and the impossible crossing of a human and a bull: the Minotaur.
Ch. 8: Who helped Pasiphae fuck the bull? What happened to this person’s son?
Daedalus built something so she could fuck the bull. Daedalus’ son stole his dad’s wings and flew too close to the sun like a moron, then died like a bug.
Ch. 8: Sir Arthur Evans Discovered Knossos and named it for the people of the civilization there - what was the name he gave these people?
Minoans
Ch. 8: The language of the Minoans was______?
Linear A
Ch. 8: The palaces of this Aegean civilization were not fortified, and the structures were labyrinthine (spaces were arranged around a central court with movement rather than symmetry in mind) - what civilization was this?
Minoan
Ch. 8: What were the 3 Aegean civilizations of the Bronze Age?
Minoan, Mycenaean, and Cycladic
Ch. 8: The sites of this Aegean civilization were true, fortified citadels.
The Mycenaean civilization
Ch. 8: Heinrich Schliemann ‘found’ what two ancient cities of the Mycenaean civilization?
Mycenae and Troy
Ch. 8: These Mycenaean stone walls are an example of ashlar stone masonry; said to be built by one-eyed giants.
Cyclopean walls.
Ch. 8: This feature sits over the entrance to the Citadel of Mycenae.
The Lion Gate
Ch. 8: A tholos tomb is also know as a ___________ tomb.
Beehive