Gods, Heroes and Tyrants - Greek Chronology in Chaos
Is it possible that early Greek history as found in the textbooks is seriously misdated? Emmet Sweeney is not the first to make such a proposal. That honor goes to Immanuel Velikovsky, whose series Ages in Chaos (1952) held that the whole of ancient Near Eastern history before the classical age was a fabrication.Velikovsky identified Egyptian chronology as the source of the problem; and indeed the chronology of early Greek history, during the so-called "Mycenaean" period, was constructed along the lines demanded by Egyptian history. And, in a multitude of ways, legend and tradition agreed. For example, Homer's Iliad is full of references to the Phrygians, who were evidently close allies of the Trojans. Indeed, so intimate is the connection that we might suspect the Trojans themselves of being a branch of the Phrygian nation. Yet Phrygia, it is known, did not exist until the eighth century BC, when the Moschians, or Bryges, a Thracian people, migrated across the Bosphorus and settled in Asia Minor. Greek tradition is explicit that Priam, king of Troy during the famous siege, was a contemporary of Gordius, the first Phrygian king and founder of the capital city Gordion. In this volume Sweeney explores the contradictions and "coincidences" that support a whole new view of ancient history.
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Gods, Heroes and Tyrants - Greek Chronology in Chaos
Is it possible that early Greek history as found in the textbooks is seriously misdated? Emmet Sweeney is not the first to make such a proposal. That honor goes to Immanuel Velikovsky, whose series Ages in Chaos (1952) held that the whole of ancient Near Eastern history before the classical age was a fabrication.Velikovsky identified Egyptian chronology as the source of the problem; and indeed the chronology of early Greek history, during the so-called "Mycenaean" period, was constructed along the lines demanded by Egyptian history. And, in a multitude of ways, legend and tradition agreed. For example, Homer's Iliad is full of references to the Phrygians, who were evidently close allies of the Trojans. Indeed, so intimate is the connection that we might suspect the Trojans themselves of being a branch of the Phrygian nation. Yet Phrygia, it is known, did not exist until the eighth century BC, when the Moschians, or Bryges, a Thracian people, migrated across the Bosphorus and settled in Asia Minor. Greek tradition is explicit that Priam, king of Troy during the famous siege, was a contemporary of Gordius, the first Phrygian king and founder of the capital city Gordion. In this volume Sweeney explores the contradictions and "coincidences" that support a whole new view of ancient history.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780875866833 |
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| Publisher: | Algora Publishing |
| Publication date: | 01/28/2009 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 890 KB |
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