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Minoan Society

In conclusion...

  • Through the 4 primary sources analysed aspects of religion, dress, food, the wealthy class, women and the Minoan way of life can be uncovered
  • Evident Knossos Palace was a place for the wealthy where the top quality art and pottery could be displayed
  • Religious, ceremonial, political and possibly royal center for Crete
  • Matriarchal society
  • Polytheistic religion
  • Social hierarchy
  • Love for the bull and the ocean

Knossos Palace, Crete

'Bull Leaping Fresco'

Source Four

  • Bull leaping involved the tension between the bull's ferocity and man or woman's ability to defeat it
  • Discovered at Knossos Palace
  • Knossos Palace as a religious, political and ceremonial centre
  • Knossos may have been used for this activity
  • Detail present in the fresco suggests that Knossos was a place for the wealthy only
  • Minoans wanted to present their skill and wealth through art
  • Significant in understanding the importance of the bull in Minoan society and religion
  • Egalitarian society with women often featured

'Bull Leaping Fresco'

Source Four

Holding horns

of bull

Male figure leaping

over the bull

Bull figure

Female figure

Greek Mythology - Crete

Labyrinth (painting)

  • Bull's are sacred
  • Knossos Palace is the home of King Minos
  • King Minos ordered Athenians the send seven youths annually as food for his mythical beast, the Minotaur
  • Minotaur - head a of bull, body of a human
  • Minotaur occupied the labyrinth which was a man made structure specifically built for it

Minotaur (secondary source - reconstruction)

Narrow top (hard to

spill liquids)

Easy to hold

'Palace Style Vessel'

Source Three

  • 1470BC - 'Marine Style'
  • Collapse of palaces around Crete lead to development of 'Palace Style'
  • Potters and artists flocked to Knossos to create their work
  • Probably held oils or similar liquids
  • Pots had a three stage firing process and then painted with thinned clay
  • Exhibits the admiration for the sea
  • Reliability for the ocean as a food source and for other necessities

Thank You...

Octopus

figure

Fresco from Knossos Palace

Seaweed

Food Sources

  • Wheat
  • Barley
  • Pomegranates
  • Figs
  • Apples
  • Pears
  • Sheep
  • Oxen
  • Goats
  • Pigs
  • Aegean Sea (main food

source)

Sir Arthur Evans

Introduction

Pulling a mythical creature or animal

'Prince of the Lilies'

Crown worn

typically

by females

Source Two

Red-ish skin

is a different

colour to anything seen

before at Crete

  • Found at Knossos Palace
  • Fresco: a painting done in watercolour on a wall or ceiling
  • Debate over whether the figure is a man or woman
  • Clothing resembles both sexes
  • 'Prince of the Lilies' or 'Priest King'
  • This source suggests a social hierarchy did exist due to elaborate clothing in some frescoes and amount of detail and colour
  • Significant in understanding the social hierarchy that existed and a possible ruler
  • Thalassocratic empire
  • Bronze Age (2700 BC- 1450 BC)
  • Mediterranean island of Crete, now present day Greece
  • Knossos was a prominent city
  • One of the first cities in Europe
  • Sir Arthur Evans excavated Knossos Palace in 1900AD
  • Many archaeological finds were discovered (e.g. frescoes, pottery )

Male clothing

Puffy jacket

Dove

Snake

'Snake Goddess'

Source One

Tight waist

Open chest

  • Found at Knossos Palace
  • Snake could mean fertility or reincarnation
  • Snakes were important in Greek mythology
  • Shed their skin and rejuvenate themselves
  • Poison gives them power superior to humans
  • Knossos Palace was a place of worship due to this find
  • Polythesim: refers to the worship of multiple gods and/or goddesses
  • Matriarchal society - significant for the time

Knossos Palace

Josephine Atwell

Year 11

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