Week 11 Classical Mythology

BRONZE AGE EMPIRES​

2000 BCE

Minoan: 2000-1450 BCE Mycenean: 1750-1050 BCE ​
centuries BCE​

THE ODYSSEY: INTRO

Period: 725 BCE to 625

based on oral tradition​ the authorship and circumstances of composition are debatable​

THE ODYSSEY: THINGS TO REMEMBER​

625 BCE

Composed sometime between the late 8th-late 7th centuries BCE Does not reflect one historical period, but rather includes combination of elements from difference epochs (The Bronze Age, Greek Dark Ages, Archaic Period)​

Pisistratus,

566 BCE

the tyrant of Athens, established first canonized version​