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

• Autore: Shear Ione Mylonas <1936->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pa., : INSTAP Academic Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 938/.01
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Mycenaean; Monarchy - Greece - History - To 1500
• Soggetto geografico: Greece Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Kingship in the Mycenaean world and its reflections in the oral tradition
• ISBN: 1-62303-081-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463070503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Prehistory Monographs