Homer and Mycenae

by: Nilsson, M.P.

CONTENTS CHAPTER I Views and Methods in the Homeric Question § 1. The Separatists § 2. Mycenaean Discoveries and Homeric Research § 3. The Unitarians § 4. Summary § 5. Mythology in Homeric Research § 6. Conclusion CHAPTER II The History of the Mycenaean Age § 1. Various opinions. General points of view § 2. The pre-Greek Population. The Breaks in the Civilization § 3. The Nationality of the Mycenaeans § 4. Archaeological Evidence for the Date of the Greek Immigration § 5. The Progress of the Greek Immigration. The Evidence of the Dialects § 6. The Progress of the Greek Immigration. The Evidence of Archaeology § 7. The Progress of the Greek Immigration. Hittite and Egyptian Evidence § 8. The End of the Migrations. Troy. Mycenaean Greece CHAPTER III Datable Elements of Civilization in Homer § 1. Elements Deriving from the Geometric and Orientalizing Periods § 2. The Phoenicians § 3. Elements Deriving from the Mycenaean Age § 4. Controversial Points. Burial Customs. Political Geography § 5. Summary ix CHAPTER IV Homeric Language and Style § 1. The Dialect Mixture of the Homeric Language § 2. Origin of the Dialect Mixture § 3. Arcado-Cypriot Elements and their Importance § 4. The Homeric Style CHAPTER V The Origin and Transmission of Epic Poetry § 1. Epics of Other Peoples § 2. The Development of Epic Poetry. The Epic Technique § 3. Conclusions Concerning the Greek Epics CHAPTER VI State Organization in Homer and in the Mycenaean Age § 1. The Kingship § 2. The Army Assembly § 3. Vassals and Retainers § 4. The Organization of the Conquered Country and its Breakdown § 5. Social Conditions in Post-Mycenaean Times § 6. Conclusion CHAPTER VII Mythology in Homer § 1. The Trojan War and its Leaders § 2. Mycenaean Heroes and Heroes Created by the Poets § 3. The Gods and the State of the Gods § 4. Homer?s use of the Myths. The Similes Index.

Homer and Mycenae

by: Nilsson, M.P.

• Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1968