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Ancient Greek world
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Greek-speaking communities and cities around the Aegean and beyond, extending across the borders of modern Greece.
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The ancient Greek world comprised Greek-speaking communities and cities around the Aegean and elsewhere in the Mediterranean. It included places in present-day Greece, coastal Asia Minor, southern Italy and Sicily, crossing modern national borders. During the Geometric period, approximately 900–700 BCE, cities, the alphabet and maritime connections developed. [1]
For the IliadIliadGreek epic attributed to Homer, narrating a phase of the Trojan War.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and OdysseyOdysseyGreek epic attributed to Homer, following Odysseus’s return after the Trojan War.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, the relevant context is the formation of their familiar versions, which scholarship associates with the eighth and early seventh centuries BCE, alongside older oral traditions. This dates the poems’ formation, rather than the beginning of all Greek history or the events they narrate. [2]
References and notes
- Department of Greek and Roman Art, Geometric Art in Ancient Greece (Met, 2004) Main short essay read; Geometric chronology, cities, alphabet and Mediterranean connections. Linked books not read. Return to the text ↑
- Deborah Steiner, Introduction to Homer: Odyssey Books XVII–XVIII (Cambridge, 2010) Publisher summary read; eighth–early seventh century BCE formation and older oral poetry. Full chapter not read. Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Ancient Greek world», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/ancient-greek-world