Epos. Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology
Proceedings of the 11th International Aegean Conference / 11e Rencontre égéenne internationale, Los Angeles, UCLA - The J. Paul Getty Villa, 20-23 April 2006
Edited by S.P. Morris Edited by R. Laffineur
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
I. 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 Landscape
II. 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 Kabri
IV. 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 Encounter
V. 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
Preface and Acknowledgments List of abbreviations I. 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 Landscape II. 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 Kabri IV. 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 Encounter V. 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
- Edited by S.P. Morris
- Edited by R. Laffineur
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