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Black Ships and Sea Raiders: The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Context of Odysseus' Second Cretan Lie
Contributor(s): Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1498572219     ISBN-13: 9781498572217
Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
OUR PRICE: $122.85  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- History | Europe - Greece (see Also Ancient - Greece)
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
Dewey: 930.098
LCCN: 2017048258
Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.12 lbs) 228 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Greece
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
The end of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean was a time of social, political, and economic upheaval - conditions reflected, in many ways, in the world of Homer's Odyssey. Jeffrey P. Emanuel examines the Odyssey's Second Cretan Lie (xiv 191 - 359) in the context of this watershed transition, with particular emphasis on raiding, warfare, maritime technology and tactics, and the evidence for the so-called 'Sea Peoples' who have been connected to the events of this period. He focuses in particular on the hero's description of his frequent raiding activities and on his subsequent sojourn in the land of the pharaohs, and connections between Odysseus' false narrative and the historical experiences of one particular Sea Peoples group: the 'Sherden of the Sea.'
 
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