CL
17A - Introduction to Greek Archaeology
Lecture 6
The eruption of Thera and the
end of the Minoan Civilization
Theseus and the Minotaur
labyrinth
Ariadne
Thalassocracy
Minoan colonies
Phylakopi, Melos
Ialysos, Rhodes
Kythera
Miletus
Minoa
Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini)
Spyridon Marinatos
ship fresco
boar's tusk helmet
tower shield
Nilotic landscape
ikrion / ikria (pl.)
Libyans
flotilla
"Minos, according to tradition, was the
first
person to organize a navy. He controlled the greater part of what is
now called the Aegean Sea. He ruled over the Cyclades, in most of
which he founded the first colonies; putting his sons as governors
after having first driven out the Carians (the native population).
And it is reasonable to assume that he did his best to put down
piracy and to secure his own revenues."
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book I,
chapter
5
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