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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463070503321

Autore

Shear Ione Mylonas <1936->

Titolo

Kingship in the Mycenaean world and its reflections in the oral tradition [[electronic resource] /] / by Ione Mylonas Shear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa., : INSTAP Academic Press, 2004

ISBN

1-62303-081-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Prehistory monographs ; ; 13

Disciplina

938/.01

Soggetti

Civilization, Mycenaean

Monarchy - Greece - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Greece Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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