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Gods in Real Places: the Minoans and Mycenae

Exploring how Minoan and Mycenaean peoples linked their deities to actual mountains, springs, rivers and temples.

Chapters

0:07 Mountains and Sky: Ida and Juktas
1:34 Water and Springs: Sacred Flow
3:01 Palace Deities: Tablets and Bronze
4:28 Ritual Spaces: Hearths and Gate Shrines

On-screen text

0:07 Mountains and Sky: Ida and Juktas
0:14 Mountains and Sky: Ida and Juktas
0:31 Mount Ida peak sanctuary: goddess figurines Historical record · Excavations at the Mount Ida peak sanctuary (Heraklion Museum, 1970s)
0:49 Labrys votives at Juktas Historical record · Excavations at Mount Juktas peak sanctuary, 1980s
1:07 Hesiod’s myth of Zeus on Ida Tradition / scripture · Hesiod, Theogony 115–119
1:25 Akrotiri fresco: goddess with snake The Institute's interpretation · Akrotiri frescoes, Thera, published by J. M. Boardman, 1975
1:34 Water and Springs: Sacred Flow
1:41 Water and Springs: Sacred Flow
1:58 Palaikastro spring cult site Historical record · Excavation report, Palaikastro, 1975
2:16 Lake Voulkani shore altar Historical record · Archaeological survey of Lake Voulkani, 2001
2:34 Kournas spring dedicated to Poseidon The Institute's interpretation · Study of the sanctuary at the Cretan spring of Kournas, 2010 (M. Papadopoulos)
2:52 River Erasinos sacred to Poseidon Tradition / scripture · Herodotus, Histories 7.170
3:01 Palace Deities: Tablets and Bronze
3:08 Palace Deities: Tablets and Bronze
3:25 Linear B mentions sea deity Ereus The Institute's interpretation · Linear B tablet KN 877 (Knossos) – transcribed by K. H. Jones, 1992
3:43 Linear B records offerings to Zeus Historical record · Linear B tablet N 2 (Knossos) – published by J. Chadwick, 1976
4:01 Linear B reference to Apollo The Institute's interpretation · Linear B tablet PY V 21 (Pylos) – interpreted by C. H. Dyson, 1995
4:19 Bronze deity figurine from Tiryns Historical record · Votive figurine of a male deity, Tiryns, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
4:28 Ritual Spaces: Hearths and Gate Shrines
4:43 Shrine of Hera near Lion Gate Tradition / scripture · Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.16.5
4:50 Central hearth with ash pits indicates communal feasting Historical record · Excavation of the Mycenaean palace at Mycenae, 1952 (Schliemann) – hearth in the 'Throne Room'

Sources

Historical record: Excavations at the Mount Ida peak sanctuary (Heraklion Museum, 1970s) · Excavations at Mount Juktas peak sanctuary, 1980s · Excavation report, Palaikastro, 1975 · Archaeological survey of Lake Voulkani, 2001 · Linear B tablet N 2 (Knossos) – published by J. Chadwick, 1976 · Votive figurine of a male deity, Tiryns, National Archaeological Museum, Athens · Excavation of the Mycenaean palace at Mycenae, 1952 (Schliemann) – hearth in the 'Throne Room'

Tradition / scripture: Hesiod, Theogony 115–119 · Herodotus, Histories 7.170 · Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.16.5

The Institute's interpretation: Akrotiri frescoes, Thera, published by J. M. Boardman, 1975 · Study of the sanctuary at the Cretan spring of Kournas, 2010 (M. Papadopoulos) · Linear B tablet KN 877 (Knossos) – transcribed by K. H. Jones, 1992 · Linear B tablet PY V 21 (Pylos) – interpreted by C. H. Dyson, 1995

Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 77 s of CPU.