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The Iliad and such
Foundations of Western Culture
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | humans used stone for settled agriculture |
| Paleolithic | "Old Stone Age"-humans used stone for everything and every day things |
| Fertile Crescent | another name for Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamia | "land between the rivers"- Tigris and Euphrates |
| Sumer (Sumerian) | land at the end of Mesopotamia where the Sumerians lived-very intelligent |
| Uruk | a major city of Sumer- where Gilgamish is from |
| Ziggurat | The temple complex |
| Cuneiform | "wedged-shaped writing" |
| Pictograph | use of pictures to write concrete things |
| Anthropomorphism | the idea that gods are like humans and act like humans |
| Atrahasis (creation account) | basically the gods need us to work for them because we have no purpose anyway |
| Iron Age | use of iron and other medals for everything |
| Nineveh | a major capital of the Assyrians |
| Library of Ashurbanipal | library built by King Ashurbonge to preserve ancient writings |
| Mycenaean | Ruled by warriors |
| Minoan | Ruled by women |
| Heinrich Schliemann | "discovered" Troy and the Mycaenean culture |
| Arthur Evans | "discovered" Knossos and the Minoan culture |
| Discovery of Troy | Heinrich found a bunch of bronze from around 1200, which then he lead to believe it was this city |
| Mycenae | city of King Agamemon that was "discovered" by Heinrich Schlemann, not really sure if it's real or just invented based off of the city of Troy in the Iliad |
| Mask of Agamemnon | In the city of Mycenae, they would used mask to cover/honor the dead and apparently Heinrich found this mask but it looked like none of the others and strangely resembled Heinrich. |
| Shaft Graves | Where the bodies of the people of Mycenae were buried and had mask over them |
| peer polity model | the idea of a shared culture but not a shared ruler |
| Knossos | city of King Minos that was "discovered" by Arthur Evans, not really sure if it's real or just invented based off of the city of greek mythology |
| Matriarchy (in connection with the Minoans) | Females were in charge |
| “Bull Jumping” | a activity in the Minoan culture where men would jump over bulls for entertainment |
| Hesiod | a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He created the idea of Theogony |
| Theogony | origins of the gods |
| Simonides | a Greek lyric poet, born at Ioulis on Ceos. |
| The Sumerian Pantheon (The Primary Deities discussed in class) | -Amunaki-heavenly beings -Gigi-heavenly beings on earth -Anu-Origins -Ki-Earth -Enlil-air god -Enki-earth bound water god -Sin-moon/fertility god -Shamasha-sun god -Ishtar-sexual desire god |
| The Rape of Europa (Zeus and Europa) | Zeus transforms to bull and takes Europa and causes her to have king Minos |
| King Minos and the Minotaur | King Minos builds a palace for the Minotaur which is the offspring of his wife and this bull that was causing problems for the city which leads him to sacrifice 7 boys to the Minotaur every year |
| The Origins of the Greek Gods (According to Hesiod’s Theogony) | Choas created Gaia and Quranos who created Chronos and Rhea who created Zeus and Hera who created the Olympians |
| The Judgment of Paris | Paris stole Helen from Minilaious because three goddesses promised different things and that is why Aphrodite is a Trojan |
| The Myth of Pandora | Pandora opens the box she isnt supposed to letting all the evils out of the world and shuts it, leaving hope in the box |
| Gilgamesh | King of Uruk- had a law he could have sex with any woman he pleases, no one likes him because he's kind of a jerk and searches for immortality for Enkidu |
| Enkidu | raised by animals and the goddess took him to have sex with a woman to get him to become human |
| Diomedes | Fighting for Fathers glory-Greek-could tell god from man-killed Priam's kids |
| Ajax | sent to get Achilles back-Greek |
| Zeus | king of the gods-god of jusitce-made a deal thetis that greeks will struggle and he will help trojans |
| Utnapishtim | The one who builds a boat like Noah and he is the one who Gilgamesh comes to to seek eternal life for Enkidu |
| Hector | Finishes of Patroclus-Trojan-beloved by many-breeder of horses |
| Aeneas | trojan commander-aphrodite's son |
| Priam | father of Hector and Paris-King of Trojans |
| Andromache | Hector's wife |
| Aphrodite | goddess who loves trojans and saves paris |
| Hecuba | Paris and Hectors mom |
| Achilles | Got his girl stolen-Greek-goes to mother to get help-absent during most of the war-greatest warrior |
| Paris | Hector's Brother-Trojan- Coward-said to be "god-like" |
| Athena | side of the Greeks-gives everyone everything, such as Diomedes temper |
| Odysseus | a great speaker sent to Achilles to get him back in the war-Greek |
| Ares | caused entire reason for war-judgement of Paris-offered Helen to Paris |
| Apollo | side of trojans |
| Agamemnon | King of the Greeks |
| Nestor | Orator-Greek |
| Hera | wife of Zeus-fighting for the Greeks |
| Phoenix | a second father to Achilles and is sent to get him back in the war-Greek-dont wait until its too late |
| Artemis | goddess of archury-side of trojans |
| Menelaus | brother of Agamemon-Greek |
| Helen of Troy | The reason for the war-Paris has stolen her-daughter of Zeus-most beautiful woman in the world-Greek/Tojan |
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