CLAS 150: Week Two
Key Terms, Dates, Individuals
Mycenaean Age ca. 1600-1100 BC
Dark Ages ca. 1100-800 BC
Mycenae
Archaic Age ca. 800-500 BC
shaft grave
tholos tomb
megaron
Tiryns
Pylos
Homer
Iliad
Odyssey
Achilles
Agamemnon
Hector
Andromache
Issues, Questions to Consider
- Your textbook outlines three phases of
development for Mycenaean civilization. What are they?
- What are some of the main features of
Mycenaean palaces? How do Mycenaean palaces compare to Minoan
palaces?
- What type of relationship existed between
Minoan civilization and Mycenaean civilization?
- What types of artistic artifacts were found
at Mycenaean sites such as Mycenae, Tiryns and Pylos? What types
of motifs are common? How do these compare with artefacts found
in Crete?
- What type of social structure existed in
Mycenaean culture?
- How would you describe the economic
structure prevalent in Mycenaean civilization?
- How did Mycenaean civilization come to an
end? What theories have been proposed?
- When did the Homeric poems appear?
What is their cultural context?
- What sort of developments, conditions
characterize the Dark Ages?
- How is Homeric society organized?
- What sort of heroic code governs the
behaviour of Homeric heroes?
- What sorts of values, ideals appeal to
Homeric heroes?
- How would you characterize warfare in the
Homeric world? What are some of its basic features, conditions?