NCSU CLA 210 Exam 1 Prep – Heinen Class Study Guide.
Mycenae takes over Crete, destroyed Knossos, and becomes central
power in 1450.
1. Late Bronze
-Mycenae was destroyed, which resulted in cultural and literary decline.
age
(Mycenaean -Then mainland Greeks resettle in Ionia, Dorians take over.
Age)(1600- -1250 marks Trojan war.
1150)
-Population growth and new trade.
2. Early Dark -800-Greek alphabet, 776-First Olympic Games 700- Greeks settle in
Age(1250- Magna Graecia, S. Italy (Siciliy)
900):
3. Late Dark
Age (900-
750):
4. Archaic (750-480) -Rise of City States (Thebes, Athens, and Sparta)
-499: Ionian Greeks rebel which creates conflict with Persia. 479- Xerxes
was driven from Greece.
, NCSU CLA 210 Exam 1 Prep – Heinen Class Study Guide.
5. Classi- -First democracy.
cal(480- -Athens is famous.
323):
-We see the rise of culture and lit (Socrates, Plato, Euripides, Xenphon)
-Alexander the Great dies, Greece falls.
6. Hellenis-
-Greeks then adapt Roman culture, Rome expands beyond Italy, Romans
tic(323-
translate Greek lit into Roman.
30):
7. Linear B -A script that recorded a form of Mycenaean Greek script and
deciphered in 1952 (Ventris.) Used for keeping economic accounts.
Found in Pylos, Mycenae, &Thebes (showing cultural uniformity)
8. Isis - Egyptian
9. Inanna/Ishtar -Egyptian (Babylonian)
-Goddess of love & fertility (Meso diety).
-Attempts to seduce Gilgamesh; fails.
, NCSU CLA 210 Exam 1 Prep – Heinen Class Study Guide.
10. Gilgamesh -Egyptian (Babylonian)
-King of Uruk
11. Enkidu -Babylonian
-Sent by gods to divert Gilgamesh to relieve people
-Wild, naked and uncivilized until tamed by prostitute
-Fights and then becomes Gilgamesh's BFF
12. Epic of -Enkidu sent to help people of Uruk by stopping Gilgamesh
Gil-
-After fight, Enkidu and Gilgamesh become friends
gamesh
-Both go on journey to Cedar Mtn to defeat Humbaba
-Kill Bull of Heaven sent by Ishtar
-Enkidu sentenced to death
-After Enkidu's death, Gilgamesh goes on journey for eternal life... doesn't
find it.
-This resembles....
13. Hesiod -1st European writer
-"Theogony" most important mythical texts to survive
14. Theogony -written by Hesiod
-Tells the origin of the universe through succeeding generations of gods.
-an elaborate hymn to Zeus
15. Homer -The man
-some of our earliest greek lit
-written down once greek alphabet was established, oral stories before tha
16. Homeric Hymns -during archaic period
-collection of poems
-composed orally
-written to Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite
-performed in specific places by aoidoi
, NCSU CLA 210 Exam 1 Prep – Heinen Class Study Guide.
17. Apollodorus -most surviving work of the mythographers
-straight forward account of mythical events from creation to death of
Odyssesus
-primary source for creation story
18. Three 1) Chaos, then
Primordal 2) Gaea (Earth), then
elements
3) Tartarus (base of things)
---4) Eros (sex)
"There was Gaea.. and then Tartatus.."
19. Cronus -Parents: Uranus (Sky) & Gaea (Earth)
-Last born Titan
-Clever; hated father
-Uranus made Gaea hide their children inside her. Gaea is mad and
comes up comes up with plot to castrate Uranus.. Cronus does the
deed
- Told by Uranus and Gaea he would be overthrown by a son so he
swallows his children as they are born.
20. Iapetus -father of Prometheus & Epimetheus (Twins, opposite)
21. Prometheus -Titan
-god of forethought
-entrusted with molding mankind, stole fire for men
22. Epimetheus -Titian
-God of afterthought
-created all the animals and gave each one a specific gift but did not leave
a gift for man. Accepts Pandora.
23. Menemosyne -goddess of memory
-supply children of Zeus (9 muses- history, poetry, music, tagedy, etc.)
Mycenae takes over Crete, destroyed Knossos, and becomes central
power in 1450.
1. Late Bronze
-Mycenae was destroyed, which resulted in cultural and literary decline.
age
(Mycenaean -Then mainland Greeks resettle in Ionia, Dorians take over.
Age)(1600- -1250 marks Trojan war.
1150)
-Population growth and new trade.
2. Early Dark -800-Greek alphabet, 776-First Olympic Games 700- Greeks settle in
Age(1250- Magna Graecia, S. Italy (Siciliy)
900):
3. Late Dark
Age (900-
750):
4. Archaic (750-480) -Rise of City States (Thebes, Athens, and Sparta)
-499: Ionian Greeks rebel which creates conflict with Persia. 479- Xerxes
was driven from Greece.
, NCSU CLA 210 Exam 1 Prep – Heinen Class Study Guide.
5. Classi- -First democracy.
cal(480- -Athens is famous.
323):
-We see the rise of culture and lit (Socrates, Plato, Euripides, Xenphon)
-Alexander the Great dies, Greece falls.
6. Hellenis-
-Greeks then adapt Roman culture, Rome expands beyond Italy, Romans
tic(323-
translate Greek lit into Roman.
30):
7. Linear B -A script that recorded a form of Mycenaean Greek script and
deciphered in 1952 (Ventris.) Used for keeping economic accounts.
Found in Pylos, Mycenae, &Thebes (showing cultural uniformity)
8. Isis - Egyptian
9. Inanna/Ishtar -Egyptian (Babylonian)
-Goddess of love & fertility (Meso diety).
-Attempts to seduce Gilgamesh; fails.
, NCSU CLA 210 Exam 1 Prep – Heinen Class Study Guide.
10. Gilgamesh -Egyptian (Babylonian)
-King of Uruk
11. Enkidu -Babylonian
-Sent by gods to divert Gilgamesh to relieve people
-Wild, naked and uncivilized until tamed by prostitute
-Fights and then becomes Gilgamesh's BFF
12. Epic of -Enkidu sent to help people of Uruk by stopping Gilgamesh
Gil-
-After fight, Enkidu and Gilgamesh become friends
gamesh
-Both go on journey to Cedar Mtn to defeat Humbaba
-Kill Bull of Heaven sent by Ishtar
-Enkidu sentenced to death
-After Enkidu's death, Gilgamesh goes on journey for eternal life... doesn't
find it.
-This resembles....
13. Hesiod -1st European writer
-"Theogony" most important mythical texts to survive
14. Theogony -written by Hesiod
-Tells the origin of the universe through succeeding generations of gods.
-an elaborate hymn to Zeus
15. Homer -The man
-some of our earliest greek lit
-written down once greek alphabet was established, oral stories before tha
16. Homeric Hymns -during archaic period
-collection of poems
-composed orally
-written to Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite
-performed in specific places by aoidoi
, NCSU CLA 210 Exam 1 Prep – Heinen Class Study Guide.
17. Apollodorus -most surviving work of the mythographers
-straight forward account of mythical events from creation to death of
Odyssesus
-primary source for creation story
18. Three 1) Chaos, then
Primordal 2) Gaea (Earth), then
elements
3) Tartarus (base of things)
---4) Eros (sex)
"There was Gaea.. and then Tartatus.."
19. Cronus -Parents: Uranus (Sky) & Gaea (Earth)
-Last born Titan
-Clever; hated father
-Uranus made Gaea hide their children inside her. Gaea is mad and
comes up comes up with plot to castrate Uranus.. Cronus does the
deed
- Told by Uranus and Gaea he would be overthrown by a son so he
swallows his children as they are born.
20. Iapetus -father of Prometheus & Epimetheus (Twins, opposite)
21. Prometheus -Titan
-god of forethought
-entrusted with molding mankind, stole fire for men
22. Epimetheus -Titian
-God of afterthought
-created all the animals and gave each one a specific gift but did not leave
a gift for man. Accepts Pandora.
23. Menemosyne -goddess of memory
-supply children of Zeus (9 muses- history, poetry, music, tagedy, etc.)
