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The heroic Mycenaean’s
- Homer wrote the Iliad describing King Agamemnon's heroic battle against Troy
- Not sure if he was a real king
- Agamemnon's brother's wife Helen was kidnapped by Paris a Trojan prince
- War went on for years until Odysseus' Wooden Horse defeats the Trojans
- written many centuries after the Mycenaean existed
Mycenae Discovery
- believed the works of Homer were real and tried to prove it
- Heinrich Schliemann
Schliemann
- Scandal
- found a cache of gold jewelry in Hissarlik at Turkey he named "Priam's Treasure"
*- Smuggled the gold out of Turkey to Germany
- Later taken to Russia
Who were Mycenaean
- period of prosperity in southern Greece during late Bronze Age
- great engineers
- fierce warriors
Cyclopean Walls
*- Fortified settlements
- Date back to early Bronze Age
*- refers to large stone blocks that tightly fit together (named after Cyclops)
- Western Peloponnese sites were not fortified
Mycenae
- described as golden Mycenae
- Schliemann discovered the ruling elite in 6 shaft graves at this site
- contained 19 individuals with rich objects
- rulers at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age
- 3 main cities: Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos
- shift to fortresses
Mycenae shaft graves
, - tombs were enclosed in a circle of standing limestone
- lined with bricks or stone covered with wood
Burials at the citadels Mycenae
- several had gold masks
*- could be fake as Schliemann was a liar
- Dates are wrong
- Agamemnon ruled 300 years later
Mycenaean Palaces
- influenced by the Minoans but they had different type of social structure
- rulers were hereditary
- controlled surplus and warfare
- religion and ritual played less important role
- Palaces do not have public ceremonial spaces
- central structure called a megaton
- 3 segments: porch, antechamber, main room
- hearth and 4 central pillars
- smaller columned porch at entry
- administrative, military and manufacturing center
- had frescoes like the Minoans
Pylos megaton
- best preserved
- frescoes influenced by Minoans
States
*- unclear
- some had fortification, but no palace
- military aristocracy
Palace Functions
- storage facilities
- linear B tablets refer to manufacturing
Mycenae Engineers
*-paved roads
- used for horse drawn chariots
*- constructed damn near Tiryns
- massive undertaking
Tholos tombs
UPDATE ALREADY GRADED A+
The heroic Mycenaean’s
- Homer wrote the Iliad describing King Agamemnon's heroic battle against Troy
- Not sure if he was a real king
- Agamemnon's brother's wife Helen was kidnapped by Paris a Trojan prince
- War went on for years until Odysseus' Wooden Horse defeats the Trojans
- written many centuries after the Mycenaean existed
Mycenae Discovery
- believed the works of Homer were real and tried to prove it
- Heinrich Schliemann
Schliemann
- Scandal
- found a cache of gold jewelry in Hissarlik at Turkey he named "Priam's Treasure"
*- Smuggled the gold out of Turkey to Germany
- Later taken to Russia
Who were Mycenaean
- period of prosperity in southern Greece during late Bronze Age
- great engineers
- fierce warriors
Cyclopean Walls
*- Fortified settlements
- Date back to early Bronze Age
*- refers to large stone blocks that tightly fit together (named after Cyclops)
- Western Peloponnese sites were not fortified
Mycenae
- described as golden Mycenae
- Schliemann discovered the ruling elite in 6 shaft graves at this site
- contained 19 individuals with rich objects
- rulers at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age
- 3 main cities: Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos
- shift to fortresses
Mycenae shaft graves
, - tombs were enclosed in a circle of standing limestone
- lined with bricks or stone covered with wood
Burials at the citadels Mycenae
- several had gold masks
*- could be fake as Schliemann was a liar
- Dates are wrong
- Agamemnon ruled 300 years later
Mycenaean Palaces
- influenced by the Minoans but they had different type of social structure
- rulers were hereditary
- controlled surplus and warfare
- religion and ritual played less important role
- Palaces do not have public ceremonial spaces
- central structure called a megaton
- 3 segments: porch, antechamber, main room
- hearth and 4 central pillars
- smaller columned porch at entry
- administrative, military and manufacturing center
- had frescoes like the Minoans
Pylos megaton
- best preserved
- frescoes influenced by Minoans
States
*- unclear
- some had fortification, but no palace
- military aristocracy
Palace Functions
- storage facilities
- linear B tablets refer to manufacturing
Mycenae Engineers
*-paved roads
- used for horse drawn chariots
*- constructed damn near Tiryns
- massive undertaking
Tholos tombs
