Week 1 Flashcards
What are the 2 types of History?
- Raw history (made by them for their own use)
- Processed history
What was the name for a hired rhetorician?
Logographer
Who was the first to write about history and NOT include myth or absurdities?
Heketaios of Miletus
True or False
Herodotus used archaeology
TRUE
True or False
Herodotus was only half Greek
TRUE
How does Herodotus arrive at the truth?
- He writes literally everything
- Includes all known perspectives and alternative events
- The truth is bound to be in there somewhere
Which king tells Gyges to peak at his wife nude to see how beautiful she is?
Kaundaules
What does Herodotus say in his “Marvels of Egypt”?
- That the Egyptians were a highly religious peoples
What is the word for seeing something for yourself?
Autopsia
How did Thucydides arrive at the truth?
- By claiming to be an eyewitness (Autopsia)
Who wrote about the decline of Spartan power?
Xenophon
How did Aristotle differentiate Poets and Historians?
Poets write what could happen
Historians write what did happen
Who said that poetry is much more scientific and serious than history?
Aristotle
What did they use before Linear B?
- Oral tradition
- Common knowledge
Who wrote about early Greece?
Thucydides
Greeks began to inhabit permanent settlements in the _____________ age
Neolithic
What was the name of the large seasonally inhabited cave?
Francthi cave
Where is the famous House of Tiles?
Lerna
What was found en masse at Lerna?
Seal marks
What ethnicity were the Minoans?
Semitic
What was the largest Minoan palace kingdom?
Knossos
Where was the Minoan “Pompeii”
Akrotiri
Where were the 2 main palaces in Mycenae?
- Pylos
- Mycenae
Who is the first person to establish a formal navy?
Minoan King Minos
What were Pylos’ 2 main production sources?
1: Metal working
2: Wool production
What do the Linear B tablets mean by “Key Bearer”?
Priestesses
Who did the Mycenaeans worship?
The same 12 Olympian gods
Who did the Minoans worship?
Mother-Goddess (a snake goddess)(The chief deity)