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Title: Troy


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Troy
  • Background to the Iliad
  • Did any of this really happen?

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Where in the world. . .
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Overview TimelineThe Greeks werent really
Greeks!
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Cyclopean architecture Mycenaean Citadel at
Tiryns
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Early alphabets give some clues.
Little is really known--but the guess-work is
interesting!
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Was there a Trojan Horse? Does it matter?
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Troy Now and Then
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The Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae
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Who were the Greeks? The Minoans. . .?
Palace of Knossos
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. . .or the Myceaeans?
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...while on his head He put a helmet made of
hide, stiffened With numerous taut leather
thongs inside And faced outside with gleaming
white teeth Of a tusker boar set thick in
alternate rows Cunningly and well. It was lined
with felt. (Iliad 10.261-65, Stanly Lombardo
trans.)
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The Greek Ideal
Balance Order The Ideal form
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The Golden Ratio
Architectural orders based on proportions
derived from the human body.
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The Ideal form
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