From Mycenae To Homer

Author : T. B. L. Webster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317694519

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This book, first published in 1958, aims to describe Greek art and poetry within this ambiguous period of ancient history (often referred to as the Greek ‘Dark Ages’), and to explore the possibilities of learning about Mycenaean civilisation from its own documents and not only from archaeology. Specifically, Webster utilises Michael Ventris’ decipherment of Linear B in 1952 – which proved that Greek was spoken in the Mycenaean world – to determine the general contours of aesthetic development from Mycenae to the time of the written composition of the Homeric epics. Because they record Mycenaean civilisation in Mycenaean terminology, while Homer was writing in Ionian Greek at the beginning of the polis civilisation, they show how much in Homer is in fact Mycenaean. Further, where it is clear that these Mycenaean elements cannot have survived until Homer’s time, they tell us something about the poetry which connected the two.

Author : T. B. L. Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:864854125

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From Mycenae to Homer by T. B. L. Webster Pdf

Author : Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Art, Mycenaean
ISBN : UOM:39015002970013

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From Mycenae to Homer by Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster Pdf

Author : T. B. L. (Thomas Bertram Lonsdale) Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:879050878

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From Mycenae to Homer by T. B. L. (Thomas Bertram Lonsdale) Webster Pdf

Author : Martin Persson Nilsson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : PSU:000011729181

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Homer and Mycenae by Martin Persson Nilsson Pdf

Author : Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Art, Mycenaean
ISBN : OCLC:1360370653

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From Mycenae to Homer by Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster Pdf

Author : T. B. L. Webster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317694502

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From Mycenae to Homer by T. B. L. Webster Pdf

This book, first published in 1958, aims to describe Greek art and poetry within this ambiguous period of ancient history (often referred to as the Greek ‘Dark Ages’), and to explore the possibilities of learning about Mycenaean civilisation from its own documents and not only from archaeology. Specifically, Webster utilises Michael Ventris’ decipherment of Linear B in 1952 – which proved that Greek was spoken in the Mycenaean world – to determine the general contours of aesthetic development from Mycenae to the time of the written composition of the Homeric epics. Because they record Mycenaean civilisation in Mycenaean terminology, while Homer was writing in Ionian Greek at the beginning of the polis civilisation, they show how much in Homer is in fact Mycenaean. Further, where it is clear that these Mycenaean elements cannot have survived until Homer’s time, they tell us something about the poetry which connected the two.

Author : Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Art, Mycenaean
ISBN : OCLC:1123466981

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From Mycenae to Homer by Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster Pdf

Author : Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748627295

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Ancient Greece by Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy Pdf

The period between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC and the dawning of the classical era four and half centuries later is widely known as the Dark Age of Greece, not least in the eponymous history by A. M. Snodgrass published by EUP in 1971, and reissued by the Press in 2000.In January 2003 distinguished scholars from all over the world gathered in Edinburgh to re-examine old and new evidence on the period. The subjects of their papers were chosen in advance by the editors so that taken together they would cover the field. This book, based on thirty-three of the presentations, will constitute the most fundamental reinterpretation of the period for 30 years. The authors take issue with the idea of a Greek Dark Age and everything it implies for the understanding of Greek history, culture and society. They argue that the period is characterised as much by continuity as disruption and that the evidence from every source shows a progression from Mycenaean kingship to the conception of aristocratic nobility in the Archaic period. The volume is divided into six parts dealing with political and social structures; questions of continuity and transformation; international and inter-regional relations; religion and hero cult; Homeric epics and heroic poetry; and the archaeology of the Greek regions. Copiously illustrated and with a collated bibliography, itself a valuable resource, this book is likely to be the essential and basic source of reference on the later phases of the Mycenaean and the Early Greek Iron Ages for many years.

Author : Martin P (Martin Persson) Nilsson
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013931017

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Homer and Mycenae by Martin P (Martin Persson) Nilsson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Carol G. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036116718

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Homer's History by Carol G. Thomas Pdf

Author : C. G. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1983-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0844609358

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Homer's History by C. G. Thomas Pdf

Author : Irene J. F. de Jong
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Civilization, Homeric
ISBN : 0415145295

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Homer: The Homeric world by Irene J. F. de Jong Pdf

Author : Cathy Gere
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674021709

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The Tomb of Agamemnon by Cathy Gere Pdf

Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II) Mycenae, the fabled city of Homer's King Agamemnon, still stands in a remote corner of mainland Greece. Revered in antiquity as the pagan world's most tangible connection to the heroes of the Trojan War, Mycenae leapt into the headlines in the late nineteenth century when Heinrich Schliemann announced that he had opened the Tomb of Agamemnon and found the body of the hero smothered in gold treasure. Now Mycenae is one of the most haunting and impressive archaeological sites in Europe, visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. From Homer to Himmler, from Thucydides to Freud, Mycenae has occupied a singular place in the western imagination. As the backdrop to one of the most famous military campaigns of all time, Agamemnon's city has served for generation after generation as a symbol of the human appetite for war. As an archaeological site, it has given its name to the splendors of one of Europe's earliest civilizations: the Mycenaean Age. In this book, historian of science Cathy Gere tells the story of these extraordinary ruins--from the Cult of the Hero that sprung up in the shadow of the great burned walls in the eighth century bc, to the time after Schliemann's excavations when the Homeric warriors were resurrected to play their part in the political tragedies of the twentieth century.

Author : John Victor Luce
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UVA:X000163644

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Homer and the Heroic Age by John Victor Luce Pdf

How reliable is the tradition embodied in the Homeric poems? Their basic historicity was widely accepted in the ancient world: Thucydides and Plato used Homeric data in reconstructing early Greek history and territorial claims could be supported by reference to the epic traditions. Does research in more modern times support this view? Professor Luce examines in detail the world of Homer through the literary and archeological evidence. In the years since Schliemann's first soundings on the site of Troy, archeological investigations in Greek lands and on the Aegean coast of Turkey have been numerous and productive. The most important result of this activity has been the establishment of a tantalizingly cogent basis for the Greek heroic legends. In this most readable survey Professor Luce displays the evidence for and the interpretations of a truly golden Heroic Age. -- From publisher's description.