Week 2 Flashcards
Eras of Greek in order
Minoan age
Mycenaean age
The dark ages
The Archaic age
The Classical period
The Hellenistic age
What age has Linear A Tablet
people from Crete mainly known for large palaces and are relatively peaceful and based on trade.
Minoan age
What as has a king, glory in war as a key culture value, used linear B tablet
Mycenaean age
What age does the decrease of population, monumental building and trade. Literacy disappears
The Dark ages
What age is the time of resurgence, Development of the
polis, good communication
between city states
contributes to a
common Greek identity, Literacy is rediscovered and alphabet is made
The Archaic age
what where people who told poetry/myths called
Aoidos
What’s the first style of of pottery and the second
Black figure
Red figure
What age is the golden age of Greece, Athens dominates the
historical record
The Classical Period
a __________ is a person who writes about myths
mythographer
________ are the plots of many of the tragedies were taking from mythology,
especially heroic myths
Athenian tragedy
What age? post-Alexander the
Great Greek world, famous successor kingdom is the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, increase in mythology
The Hellenistic Age