Blake Fuller

Mrs. Meyers

English 1 P4

ABC notes

Ancient Greece included the Greek mainland, dipping down from continental Europe, and western Asia
Minor, the Asian part of present-day turkey

British Archeologist Sir Arthur Evans worked extensively on Crete

Crete, is an island south of the Greek mainland

Dark ages in Greece ended in 850

An epic is a long narrative poem that relates to notable events in history

Form of Greek language that is older than Greek is archaic

Gaea is the mother of titans

Homer wrote the Odyssey

Lilad is a poem like the odyssey based on the trojan war

Jupiter is Zeus in Roman mythology

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Key player in the trojan war was Odysseus

Linear A is a writing system, preserved on a few hundred of the clay tablets on which they wrote

Minoans produced elegant stone palaces and fine carvings and metal work

Neptune is the God of seas

Odysseus was the legendary hero of homer's odyssey

Peak economic times in Greece there were many poems made

Queen Helen was the queen of Troy

Rhea is the mother of goddess

Sir Arthur Evans was a British archaeologist who worked extensively on Crete named Minoan civilization
for king Minos

Troy on the northwest coast of Asia minor fought with the Myceneans Has become one of the most
famous military conflicts of all time -the Trojan War

Uranus is the God of skies

Venus is the Roman name for Aphrodite

writing and archaeological remains suggest early cities with large central palaces and thick protective
walls each ruled by a wanax or king

Excessive pride equals hubris

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your gods are heroes in Greece

Zeus was king of the gods