Undirected Blog #6

I just realized that I did a blog before about Chapter 5 instead of Chapter 4, so I will be doing this blog about Chapter 4.

The culture of the Cycladic islands truly amazes me. I have said before how much I love Greek mythology, learning about the origin of Minotaurs and Cyclops was very interesting.

As always, the architecture is something that I find so compelling. I can not imagine the patience and motivation it would take to build things such as the Citadel at Mycenae. Our text says that the walls were rebuilt 3 times, and that the size of the city shows its importance. I

love that the drywall masonry was described as "cyclopean" because it was believed that only the giant Cyclops could have built the 25 foot thick and 30 foot high walls. Because I do not believe that Cyclops actually existed, I have to think that humans really did build these crazy walls with no where near the technology we have today. I think that it is fascinating that the best explanation people of the time when the city was built was a mythical creature.