Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture Herodotus The Persian Wars
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture Logistics Special Class: NOT this Friday, but Friday Oct. 10
The Persian Wars 490 BCE - Battle of Marathon (Great King = Darius)
The Persian Wars 490 BCE - Battle of Marathon (Great King = Darius) 480 BCE - Invasion of Greece (Great King = Xerxes) �
The Persian Wars Thermopylae 480 BCE - Invasion of Greece Burning of Athens (Great King = Xerxes) Salamis � Plataea
480 The Persian War
480 The Persian (Achaemenid) Empire
Herodotus “The Father of History” “The History of the Persian Wars” “The History of the Persian Wars”
Herodotus What is “History”?
Herodotus What does it mean to write “History” before “History” has been invented?
Herodotus The Snatchings of Women IONIA Erythraean Sea
Herodotus The Story of Gyges H a l y s r i v e r • 1.3s Lydia, Sardis, Ephesus, Miletus. The Maeander River flows just north of Miletus, and the town of Assessus is also in the area near Miletus (Milesia).
Herodotus The Story of Gyges • Story • Themes 1. Hybris: “Fairest woman of them all” 2. Deceit: what is hidden, what is not seen 3. Transgression of cultural custom (“a deep disgrace to be seen naked”; “don’t ask me to do what is not right”) 4. Vengeance for transgression 5. Woman as object/queen as actor 6. Delphi: physical offering (“still visible in my time”), reliance on the oracle 7. Curse that comes to pass in the fifth generation: a fate that goes past the life/concerns of the individual
Herodotus Arion and the Dolphin Wenjia, Qin � Croesus and Solon Arabella, Jerry Cleobis and Biton Yuyi, Zhifan Atys and Adrastus Shuo, Yi Croesus on the Pyre Lingfei, Ted
Herodotus Arion and the Dolphin • Story • Themes
Herodotus Croesus and Solon • Story • Themes
Herodotus Cleobis and Biton • Story • Themes
Herodotus Atys and Adrastus • Story • Themes
Herodotus Croesus tests the Oracles LYDIA Dodona • IONIA • Abae • Sardis Lebadeia • • Oropis MILESIA • Ammon
Herodotus Croesus tests the Oracles • Story • Themes Dodona • LYDIA IONIA • Abae • Sardis Lebadeia • • Oropis MILESIA • Ammon 1.5s O RACLES . Delphi, Abae in Phocis; Dodona; shrine Trophonius in Lebadeia; Branchidae in Milesia; Ammo
Herodotus Military narrative: Croesus attacks Cyrus Cyrus counterattacks Siege of Sardis
Herodotus Croesus on the Pyre • Story • Themes
Herodotus Coda: Marvels and Customs of Lydia
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