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Kingship in the Mycenaean world and its reflections in the oral tradition
During the last few decades, there has been great interest in the problems of defining the extent and nature of kingship in the Mycenaean world. Questions concerning the degree of economic and religious power held by the king have been given special emphasis. This book surveys the conclusions drawn...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa
: INSTAP Academic Press
, 2004
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| Series: | Prehistory monographs
13 |
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/jstor-ebooks-altertum/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fgvs0 |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
Kingship in the Mycenaean world and its reflections in the oral tradition |
| Author Notes: | by Ione Mylonas Shear |
| E-Book Packages: | JSTOR E-Books in Classical Studies |
| Summary: | During the last few decades, there has been great interest in the problems of defining the extent and nature of kingship in the Mycenaean world. Questions concerning the degree of economic and religious power held by the king have been given special emphasis. This book surveys the conclusions drawn by individual scholars studying the Linear B tablets, contrasts their theories with our knowledge of the Mycenaean kingdoms as derived from the archaeological record, and finally compares this evidence with possible reflections in the oral tradition, specifically in the Iliad and Odyssey . This appr The archaeological evidence -- The evidence of the linear B tablets -- The Ugarit parallel -- The evidence of the oral tradition -- The end of the tradition -- Summary. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-214) and index Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 233 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations, plans, portrait Electronic reproduction |
| Document Type: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 1623030811 1931534128 9781623030810 9781931534123 |
