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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
INSTAP Academic Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Prehistory monographs ;
13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, plans, portrait |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781623030810 1623030811 1931534128 9781931534123 |