Black Ships and Sea Raiders - The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Context of Odysseus Second Cretan

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Epic, Oral Tradition, and Archaeology
Chapter 2: Structure and Methodology
Chapter 3: Raiders, Traders, and Sea Peoples in the Late Bronze Age and Beyond
Chapter 4: Mycenae, A真iyawa, and the Collapse of the Late Bronze Age Order
Chapter 5: The Sea Peoples and the Egyptian Records
Chapter 6: The Changing Face of War and Society
Chapter 7: Hedgehog Helmets, Sea Peoples, and Ship-to-Ship Combat
Chapter 8: Mariners and Their Ships: Vessel Types, Capacity, and Rigging
Chapter 9: 真真真真真: Life, Prosperity, and Health in the Land of the Pharaohs

About the author

By Jeffrey P. Emanuel

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey P Emanuel, Jeffrey P. Emanuel
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781498572217
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7221-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day