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Herodotus
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
Herodotus The Persian Wars Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Herodotus The Persian Wars Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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
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Logistics
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
Special Class: NOT this Friday, but Friday Oct. 10
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The Persian Wars 490 BCE - Battle of Marathon (Great King = Darius)
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The Persian Wars 490 BCE - Battle of Marathon (Great King = Darius) 480 BCE - Invasion of Greece (Great King = Xerxes)
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The Persian Wars 480 BCE - Invasion of Greece (Great King = Xerxes)
- Thermopylae
Burning of Athens Salamis Plataea
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480 The Persian War
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480 The Persian (Achaemenid) Empire
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Herodotus “The History of the Persian Wars” “The History of the Persian Wars” “The Father of History”
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Herodotus What is “History”?
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Herodotus What does it mean to write “History” before “History” has been invented?
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The Snatchings of Women
IONIA
Erythraean Sea
Herodotus
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The Story of Gyges Herodotus
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).
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The Story of Gyges Herodotus
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
- racle
7. Curse that comes to pass in the fifth generation: a fate that goes past the life/concerns of the individual
- Story
- Themes
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Arion and the Dolphin
Wenjia, Qin
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Croesus and Solon
Arabella, Jerry
Atys and Adrastus
Shuo, Yi
Croesus on the Pyre
Lingfei, Ted
Cleobis and Biton
Yuyi, Zhifan
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Arion and the Dolphin Herodotus
- Story
- Themes
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Croesus and Solon Herodotus
- Story
- Themes
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Cleobis and Biton Herodotus
- Story
- Themes
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Atys and Adrastus Herodotus
- Story
- Themes
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Croesus tests the Oracles Herodotus
IONIA
LYDIA
- Abae
Dodona •
- Sardis
- Ammon
MILESIA
- Oropis
Lebadeia •
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Croesus tests the Oracles Herodotus
- Story
- Themes
IONIA
1.5s ORACLES. Delphi, Abae in Phocis; Dodona; shrine Trophonius in Lebadeia; Branchidae in Milesia; Ammo
LYDIA
- Abae
Dodona •
- Sardis
- Ammon
MILESIA
- Oropis
Lebadeia •
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Military narrative: Croesus attacks Cyrus Cyrus counterattacks Siege of Sardis Herodotus
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Croesus on the Pyre Herodotus
- Story
- Themes
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