Legacy of the Minoans
Details
Sunday, April 19, 2026 - Luncheon at 2 pm; Lecture at 3 pm
Legacy of the Minoans
Emily Anderson - Johns Hopkins University
Sponsored by the Hellenic Society Prometheas
Crete’s Minoan civilization was Europe’s first great Bronze Age society. Crete hosted magnificent palaces, including the labyrinth at Knossos, and Minoan art and traditions that profoundly influenced the Mediterranean world.
The language of Minoan Crete is unknown, and their scripts, such as Linear A, have eluded translation since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated in Crete in 1900.
Named after the mythological King Minos, Crete’s Minoan landscape serves as the setting for countless legends, including the birthplace of Zeus, the labyrinth where Theseus killed the Minotaur and the prison that Daedalus and Icarus fled with their ill-fated wings.
How did Minoan society rise from small isolated farms to state-level palatial society with "international" prominence? Professor Anderson’s detailed exploration of the uniqueness and trajectory of Minoan Crete within the eastern Mediterranean will focus on the role of trade and exchange, seafaring, craft, politics, art and religion, and how these were all entwined.
This event is sponsored by the Hellenic Society Prometheas
Luncheon at 2 pm; Lecture at 3 pm
This event will be held at Yayla Bistro:
2201 N. Westmoreland street / Arlington, VA 22213
Reserve your spot:
https://basonova.org/next-lecture-reservation.html