Chapter 08 - Aegean Civilizations Of The Bronze Age Flashcards

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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?

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Theseus

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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?

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Athens. Poseidon.

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Ch 8: Athens was obligated to pay 7 girls and 7 boys to King Minos, the King of Crete, for what purpose?

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To sacrifice to the Minotaur

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Ch 8: In Greek legend, the king of Crete was the son of Zeus and Europa - who was this king?

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King Minos

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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?

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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.

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Ch. 8: Who helped Pasiphae fuck the bull? What happened to this person’s son?

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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.

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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?

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Minoans

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Ch. 8: The language of the Minoans was______?

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Linear A

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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?

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Minoan

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Ch. 8: What were the 3 Aegean civilizations of the Bronze Age?

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Minoan, Mycenaean, and Cycladic

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Ch. 8: The sites of this Aegean civilization were true, fortified citadels.

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The Mycenaean civilization

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Ch. 8: Heinrich Schliemann ‘found’ what two ancient cities of the Mycenaean civilization?

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Mycenae and Troy

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Ch. 8: These Mycenaean stone walls are an example of ashlar stone masonry; said to be built by one-eyed giants.

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Cyclopean walls.

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Ch. 8: This feature sits over the entrance to the Citadel of Mycenae.

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The Lion Gate

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Ch. 8: A tholos tomb is also know as a ___________ tomb.

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Beehive

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Ch. 8: The Treasury of Atreus is a tholos/beehive tomb said to be the burial place of whom?

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Agamemnon.

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Ch. 8: What evidence do we have of the Cycladic civilization?

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Art and artifacts that are highly stylized and modern looking.

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Ch. 8: Agamemnon sacrifices who/what for his brother’s (Menelaus) war?

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His daughter Iphigenia

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Ch. 8: Clytemnestra and her lover kill Agamemnon for what reason? Who avenges his murder?

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For sacrificing their daughter, Iphigenia. Clytemnestra’s and Agamemnon’s son and daughter, Orestes and Electra.

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Ch. 8: What was the language of the Mycenaean’s?

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Linear B