The Mycenaean origin of Greek mythology

by Martin P. Nilsson

Other authorsEmily Vermeule
Paper Book, 1932

Status

Available

Call number

292/.08

Series

Sather Classical Lectures (8)

Tags

Graeco-Roman Mythology, Graeco-Roman World, Greek Mythology, Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, Archaeology, Anthropology, History

Genres

Collection

Greg

Publication

Berkeley, University of California Press [1972, c1932]

Description

The last major work of the giant of the field. Martin P. Nilsson set himself the task of tracing the elements of Greekmythology, as they appear in Homer's Iliad, to their source in Mycenaean culture, a much earlier period. His conclusions, drawn from a very limited empirical material - archaeology, very few relevant Linear B texts - are remarkably compelling.

Subjects

Civilization, Mycenaean
Mythology, Greek

Language

English

Physical description

xv, 258 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

0520021630 / 9780520021631

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