Classics 21 - From Disaster to Triumph:Greek Archaeology from the Destruction of Mycenae to the Persian Wars

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Dartmouth College

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10S: 11 This course examines in detail through archaeology the cultural process whereby Greece evolved from a scattered group of isolated and backward villages in the Dark Ages (ca. 1100-750 B.C.) to a series of independent, often cosmopolitan city-states united against the threat of Xerxes' invasion of Greece in 480 B.C. Where did the Greeks acquire the concept of monumental temple architecture and why did they choose to build temples in only two or three different architectural styles Where did the Greeks learn to write in an alphabetic script and what did they first write down Who taught the Greeks the art of sculpture and why did they begin by carving what they did When and why did the Greeks begin to portray their myths in art May be taken in partial fulfillment of the major in Art History. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Rutter.

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3.00

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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