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Black ships and Sea Raiders : the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age context of Odysseus' second Cretan lie / Jeffrey P. Emanuel.
Van Pelt Library PA4168.A14 E43 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Emanuel, Jeffrey P., author.
- Series:
- Greek studies
- Greek studies: interdisciplinary approaches
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer. Odyssey--Book 14.
- Homer.
- Sea Peoples--Mediterranean Region--History.
- Sea Peoples.
- Bronze age--Mediterranean Region--History.
- Bronze age.
- Iron age--Mediterranean Region--History.
- Iron age.
- History.
- Greece--Antiquities.
- Greece.
- Antiquities.
- Mediterranean Region--Antiquities.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book investigates the chaotic end of the Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean through the lens of Homeric poetry, with an emphasis on the description of piratical activities described in the Odyssey's "Second Cretan Lie," and on the impact of revolutionary seafaring technology in this watershed period in Mediterranean history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1498572219
- 9781498572217
- OCLC:
- 1005688758
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