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Mycenaeans

Author: Rodney Castleden
Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Rodney Castleden
ISBN: 0415249236 9780415249232 0415363365 9780415363365 0203014685 9780203014684
OCLC Number: 56318625
Description: xiv, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Cities and kingdoms --
Fragmentation --
Sandy Pylos and Messenia --
The roads --
Mycenae and the Argolid --
The "palace" at Mycenae --
The cities of the Argive Plain --
The kingdoms of the north --
The people --
Physical characteristics --
Clothing and jewellery --
The nature of Mycenaean society --
Language : Linear B --
Tombs of the kings --
Everyday life in the countryside --
A rural economy --
Stock-rearing --
Hunting --
Everyday life in the towns --
Houses --
Furniture --
Metal-working --
Arts and crafts --
The "palaces" --
Religion --
Problems in interpretation --
Shrines --
Ceremonies --
Rediscovering the temples --
A Mycenaean sea-empire? --
Long-distance trade routes --
Ships and ports --
Reaching out --
The collapse of the Minoan sea-empire --
The Trojan War --
Homer's view of the war --
Greeks and Trojans according to the Hittite texts --
Mycenaeans and Egyptians --
The Trojan War : a twenty-first century reconstruction --
The fall of Mycenae --
And live in song for generations --
The Mycenaean personality --
The Mycenaean inheritance --
Appendix A : Anatolian chronology --
Appendix B : The kings of Mycenae --
Appendix C : The kings of Orchomenos --
Appendix D : The kings of Argos --
Appendix E : The epic cycle.
Responsibility: Rodney Castleden.
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