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Homer and the Homeric age of the 8 th c. BCE

Homer and the Homeric age of the 8 th c. BCE. Smyrna (Aeolia, Asia Minor), 9 th c. BCE. Constituent parts of the polis. Thermon, NW Greece 9 th -7 th c. temples. Temple of Hera ( Heraion ), Samos: 7 th c. monopteral Samos: 6 th c. peripteral Samos: altar of Hera, 8 th c.

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Homer and the Homeric age of the 8 th c. BCE

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  1. Homer and the Homeric age of the 8th c. BCE

  2. Smyrna (Aeolia, Asia Minor), 9th c. BCE

  3. Constituent parts of the polis

  4. Thermon, NW Greece9th-7th c. temples

  5. Temple of Hera (Heraion), Samos: 7th c. monopteral Samos: 6th c. peripteral Samos: altar of Hera, 8th c.

  6. Tripods: Siphnian Treasury, Delphi (550); 5th c. vase; 8th c. bronze tripod, Cyprus

  7. Some Greek ethne: Boiotoi (Boeotians), Aitoloi (Aetolians), Thessaloi (Thessalians), Makedones (Macedonians), Thrakioi (Thracians), Phokioi (Phocians), Achaioi (Achaeans), Ionioi (Ionians) AETOLIA PHOCIS  IONIANS 

  8. Chigi Vase, ca. 660-640 BCE

  9. Panhellenic sanctuaries: Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, Isthmia

  10. Olympia, altis (model reconstruction)

  11. Olympia, Temple of Hera, 600 BCE

  12. Olympia, stadion and starting line, 5th c. BCE

  13. Philadelphia MS739Main panel: runner on rightPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University ofPennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

  14. Harvard 1972.39Side B: hoplitodromos at leftPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums

  15. Boston 01.8020Tondo: discus throwerPhotograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  16. Toledo 1961.26, Attic red figure kylixSide B: javelin throwersPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art

  17. Boston 01.8020Side A: jumperPhotograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  18. Toledo 1961.24Side B: pankrationPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art

  19. Philadelphia MS2444Side A: trainer watching wrestlersPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University ofPennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

  20. Toledo 1961.26, Attic red figure kylixSide A: boxer on near rightPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art

  21. Tampa 86.35Shoulder: chariot racePhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Tampa Museum of Art & Anthropology

  22. Toledo 1963.26, Attic black figure calyx kraterSide B: Athletes and trainersPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art

  23. Philadelphia MS2445, Attic red figure kylixSide A: lyre player in center, singingPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University ofPennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

  24. Mediterranean 750 BCEGreek and Phoenician influence

  25. Early Phoenician and Greek alphabets

  26. Smyrna Al Mina Phoenicia Euboea

  27. Eretria (Euboea) – contacts and colonies, 8th c. BCE

  28. Cup of Nestor, ca. 750 BCE, Pithekussai, Italy Reconstruction ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣΕ[ΙΜΙ] ΕΥΠΟΤ[ΟΝ] ΠΟΤΕΡΙΟΝ ΗΟΣ Δ ΑΝ ΤΟΔΕ ΠΙΕΣΙ ΠΟΤΕΡΙ[Ο] ΑΥΤΙΚΑ ΚΕΝΟΝ ΗΙΜΕΡΟΣ ΗΑΙΡΕΣΕΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΕ[ΦΑΝ]Ο ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΕΣ Translation Of Nestor I am the pleasant-to-drink-from cup Whoever drinks from this cup, immediately him A desire will seize for fair-crowned Aphrodite. Homeric references Homer Odyssey 3.71-72: “[Athena] offered [Nestor’s] rich two-handled cup to Telemachus, Odysseus’ son ....” Homer Iliad 11.632-637: “There was also a cup of rare workmanship which [Nestor] had brought with him from home, studded with bosses of gold; it had four handles, on each of which there were two golden doves feeding, and it had two feet to stand on.” Gold cup, Mycenae, 1500 BCE

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