Ancient Greecesession iii - Colonies & Tyrants

Ancient Greecesession iii - Colonies & Tyrants

course outline

i - Origins

ii - Polis

iii - Colonies & Tyrants

iv - Sparta & Athens

v - Great Wars, 490-404

vi - Golden Age

vii - Second Military Revolution

viii - Hellenism

Major Points in the last SessionGreek beliefs about justice were Kagan’s “key”to the polis

a polis is the unique type of ancient Greek city-state

Athens was the greatest polis

the agrarian revolution began as Greece recovered from the Dark Ages

it was driven by new techniques of intensive agriculture and begat prosperity and private property on family farms

these new farmers demanded political rights in return for their military service

the hoplite soldier-farmers became the essence of the polis

Questions to answer in this session

why did Greeks colonize? how did they do it?

where were the colonies?

what were their significance? for the Greeks? their neighbors?

why did the tyrants appear?

what were their governments like?

what did they accomplish?

review of the previous sessions

Aristotle

Delphitreasure house

Discus of Phaistos

Knossos--restored palace

HeinrichSchliemann

sessions remaining

iv - Sparta & Athens

v - Great Wars, 490-404

vi - Golden Age

vii - Second Military Revolution

viii - Hellenism

Major Points in the last SessionGreek beliefs about justice were Kagan’s “key”to the polis

a polis is the unique type of ancient Greek city-state

Athens was the greatest polis

the agrarian revolution began as Greece recovered from the Dark Ages

it was driven by new techniques of intensive agriculture and begat prosperity and private property on family farms

these new farmers demanded political rights in return for their military service

the hoplite soldier-farmers became the essence of the polis

Questions to answer in this session

why did Greeks colonize? how did they do it?

where were the colonies?

what were their significance? for the Greeks? their neighbors?

why did the tyrants appear?

what were their governments like?

what did they accomplish?

SophiaSchliemann

wearing“Priam’streasure”

Mycenae--the lion’s gate

Mycenae--reconstruction

Mycenae--acropolis

Mycenae--tholos tomb

grave goods from a Mycenean shaft gravereplicas

the “mask of Agamemnon”

Homer

“The wrath of Achilles”Leon Benouville

Odysseus

“Jupiter and Thetis”Jean Dominique Ingres

Zeus at OlympiaRoman copy of Phideias

Napoleon ij.d. Ingres

LincolnDaniel Chester French

Troy

The Blegen LibraryUniversity of Cincinnati

Linear B

proto-Greek ina Phoenician alphabet

the Lelantine War

Heroön at Lefkandi

Η ΔικαιοσὖνηΤό τί;

“[the] Justice.“What [is] it?”

Plato, Republic

Justice Astraea (in the stars)

[The Athenian] Acropolis, Leo von Klenze

“FROGS AROUND A POND”-- SOCRATES, IN THE PHAEDO

Victor Davis Hanson(1953-)

a master and twoslaves work

together harvestingolives

Olive oil production in Klazomenai, an ancient city of Ionia

( now, near Urla, Izmir, Turkey)

transport amphora serving amphora

Harmodius & Aristogeton kill the tyrant Hipparchus

the Chigi vase, 4th c. BC

ὁπλίτηςhoplite

παιάν

παιάν

paean

preview of today’s session

ΠΙΘΕΚΥΣΑΙ

Questions to answer in this session

why did Greeks colonize? how did they do it?

where were the colonies?

what were their significance? for the Greeks? their neighbors?

why did the tyrants appear?

what were their governments like?

what did they accomplish?

Questions to answer in this session

why did Greeks colonize? how did they do it?

where were the colonies?

what were their significance? for the Greeks? their neighbors?

why did the tyrants appear?

what were their governments like?

what did they accomplish?

Questions to answer in this session

why did Greeks colonize? how did they do it?

where were the colonies?

what were their significance? for the Greeks? their neighbors?

why did the tyrants appear?

what were their governments like?

what did they accomplish?