HUM 1114: The Classical Age
Dr. Olson
Spring 2008
Study Guide
First Midterm Examination
Possible Question Types:
Map identifications
Placing people and events in chronological order
Identification questions (who’s who?)
Definitions of key terms
Multiple choice OR multiple answer questions
Short answer questions
Essay questions (50% of total available points)
Study the map that is posted on Scholar. You should know all locations noted on the map.
Chronological Order
--when did Hesiod write the Theogony and Works and Days? 700 BCE
--When did “Homer” write the Iliad? 750 BCE
--When did the Trojan war take place? 1250 BCE
--What are the DATES for the Archaic age? (750-500 BCE-Archaic Age)(500-400 Early classical)(400-
323 Late Classical)(323-30 Hellenistic Age)
--When did the first Olympic games take place? 776 BCE
--When did the Minoan civilization begin? Begins 3000 BCE in the 14th Century
--When did hoplite warfare emerge? Groups organized into phalanx (650 BCE?**)
--When did Mycenean civilization collapse? 1200 BCE Mycenean collapse and Dorians migrate south
into Greece. Declined because they were killing each other.
Notable people (you should be able to something informative about who these people are
and when/where they lived)
--Agamamnon- Basileous of Myceane, leader of Achaean army [Achaean]
--Achilles- Commander of Myrmidons, son of Peleus (mortal) and Thetis (divine), Prince of Phthia
[Achean]
--Nestor- Aged Basileus of Pylos [Achean]
--Hector - Leader of the Trojan armies; Prince of Troy; Son of Priam [Trojan]
--Priam - Basileus of Troy [Trojan]
--Hecuba – Wife of Priam [Trojan]
--Andromache- Hector’s wife, Princess of Troy [Trojan]
--Chriseis - Daughter of Chryses; Taken as a war prize by Agamemnon [Trojan]
--Breiseis – War prize given to Achilles but demanded back by Agamemnon [Trojan]
--Paris - Handsome son of Priam; Husband of Helen. [Trojan]
--Menelaus - Basileus of Sparta; Helen’s first Husband [Achaean]
--Archilochus –
a warrior poet – died in battle. Athens looked back to him as the father of satire
Son of an aristocrat and slave
Tension in own ambiguity leads to reflection
Went against aristocratic values- no one is respected when he is dead. It is not dishonorable
to elave ur shielf because u can go get a new one
His verse was banned in Sparta
--Arion-
