Sarah P. Morris
Published: 2007-12
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Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of abbreviationsI. EPOS AND LOGOS: HOMER AND TROY- Malcolm WIENER, Homer and History: Old Questions, New Evidence- Marianna NIKOLAIDOU and Dimitra KOKKINIDOU, Epos, History, Metahistory in Aegean Bronze Age Studies- Maureen BASEDOW, Troy without Homer: the Bronze Age-Iron Age Transition in the Troad- Sarah P. MORRIS, Troy Between Bronze and Iron Ages: Myth, Cult and Memory in a Sacred LandscapeII. EPOS AND EIKON: ART, POETRY AND WRITING- John YOUNGER, The Mycenaean Bard: The Evidence for Sound and Song- Robert LAFFINEUR, Homeric Similes: A Bronze Age Background?- Edmund F. BLOEDOW, Homer and the depas amphikypellon- L. Vance WATROUS, The Fleet Fresco, the Odyssey and Greek Epic Narrative- Andreas VLACHOPOULOS, Mythos, Logos and Eikon. Motifs of Early Greek Poetry in the Wall Paintings of Xeste 3 III. WANAX AND BASILEUS: RULERSHIP IN HOMER AND ARCHAEOLOGY- Pierre CARLIER, Are the Homeric Basileis ¿Big Men'? - Thomas G. PALAIMA, Mycenaean Society and Kingship: Cui Bono? A Counter-Speculative View- Bryan E. BURNS, Epic Reconstructions: Homeric Palaces and Mycenaean Architecture- Brendan BURKE, Gordion of Midas and the Homeric Age- Eric H. CLINE and Assaf YASUR-LANDAU, Poetry in Motion: Canaanite Rulership and Minoan Narrative Art at Tel KabriIV. BEYOND ELITE: HOMERIC SOCIETY AND ARCHAEOLOGY- Kim S. SHELTON, Foot Soldiers and Cannon Fodder: The Underrepresented Majority of the Mycenaean Civilization- Helene WHITTAKER, Sacrificial Practice and Warfare in Homer and in the Bronze Age- Andrea GUZETTI, Homer and the Dorians: The Reasons For a Missed EncounterV. EPOS AND MYTHOS- Ernestine S. ELSTER, Odysseys Before Homer: Trade, Travel, and Adventure in Prehistoric Greece - Cynthia S. COLBURN, The Symbolic Significance of Distance in the Homeric Epics and the Bronze Age Aegean- Fritz BLAKOLMER, The Silver Battle Krater from Shaft Grave IV at Mycenae: Evidence of Fighting ¿Heroes¿ on Minoan Palace Walls at Knossos?- Massimo PERNA, Homer and the ¿Folded Wooden Tablets¿VI. EPOS AND TOPOS: HOMERIC LANDSCAPES- Oliver DICKINSON, Aspects of Homeric Geography- Philip P. BETANCOURT, The Amnissos Cave: Poetry Meets Reality- Aleydis VAN DE MOORTEL, The Site of Mitrou and East Lokris in ¿Homeric Times¿- Anne P. CHAPIN and Louise A. HITCHCOCK, Homer and Laconian Topography: This Is What the Book Says, and This Is What the Land Tells Us - Naya SGOURITSA, Myth, Epos and Mycenaean Attica: The Evidence Reconsidered