1st Edition
From Mycenae to Homer A Study in Early Greek Literature and Art
By T. B. L. Webster
Copyright 2014
380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Chronological Table. Introduction 1. Records of Society in the Second Millennium 2. Mycenaean Art in Its Setting 3. Eastern Poetry and Mycenaean Poetry 4. Mycenaean Poetry 5. The Collapse of Mycenaean Civilisation and the Ionian Migration 6. Poetry Between the Fall of Mycenae and the Time of Homer 7. Protogeometric and Geometric Art 8. Homer and His Immediate Predecessors 9. Conclusion and Summary. Maps
Biography
T. Webster
