From the Bronze Age to the Dark Age Flashcards
-Son of Cronus/Saturn and Rhea
-King of the gods
-God of the sky, thunder, and hospitality
Zeus/ Jupiter
-Zeus’ wife and sister
-Goddess of marriage, women, family, and childbirth
-Hates Troy
Hera/ Juno
God of the underworld
Hades/Pluto
-Built the walls of Troy
-God of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses
Poseidon/ Neptune
Goddess of fertility
Demeter/Ceres
-Patron goddess of Athens
-Goddess of wisdom, crafts, and war
-virgin goddess
-born from Zeus’ forehead
Athena/Minerva
-Built the walls of Troy with Poseidon
-God of archery, healing, prophecy, and poetry
Apollo
-Virgin goddess
-Goddess of archery, hunting, animals, and young women
Artemis/ Diana
God of War
Ares/Mars
-Goddess of love
-Mother of Eros/Cupid
-Favors the Trojans
Aphrodite/ Venus
-God of blacksmiths
-Disabled
-Married to Aphrodite
Hephaestus/Vulcan
-Messenger god
-God of heralds, travelers, merchants, and theives
Hermes/Mercury
Son of Zeus and the mortal Semele
God of wine, ecstasy, madness, and theater
Dionysus/ Bacchus
Discovered the ancient city of Troy
Heinrich Schliemann
2200-1400 BCE
Not Greek
Lived on Crete
Wrote in Linear A
Minoans
1600-1100 BCE
Greeks
Conquer Crete
Wrote in Linear B
Mycenaeans
Who wrote in Linear B
Mycenaeans
Who wrote in Linear A
Minoans
Palace Economy
All Transactions go through the palace
No literary sources
Decline in population
Lack of literacy
All technology forgotten
The Dark Age (1100-800 BCE)
One sound = One letter
The Greek Alphabet
Who spread Greek throughout the Mediterranean
The Phoenician traders
The Homeric Question
Who is Homer?
Oral Poetry
One poet has a story and teaches it to the next generation of poets through spoken word or songs
Epithets
Frequent description of a character/ place
