Studies of Homeric Greece

by Jan Bouzek

Overview

Studies of Homeric Greece is a comprehensive companion to the archaeology and history of Late Mycenaean to Geometric Greece and the koine of Early Iron Age Geometric styles in Europe and Upper Eurasia, circa 1300-700 BC, in relation to their Near Eastern neighbors. Jan Bouzek discusses this pivotal period of human history—the transition from Bronze to Iron Age, from the pre-philosophical to philosophical mind, from myth to logos—in an attempt to combine archaeological evidence with the words of Homer and Hesiod, and the first Phoenician and Greek trading ventures. In doing so, Bouzek surveys the birth of autonomous Greek city-states, their art, and their free citizenry. Featuring numerous maps, drawings, and photographs, Studies of Homeric Greece is the capstone of a luminary in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788024635613
Publisher:	Karolinum Press, Charles University
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jan Bouzek is an archaeologist affiliated with Charles University, Prague who has been involved with numerous excavations and survey projects both in the Czech Republic and across the Mediterranean.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Introduction 9

Part 1 Bronze Age 13

1.1 "The First Golden Age of Europe" 13

1.2 Mycenaean models and European parallels 17

1.3 Migrations in the Aegean 23

1.4 Reviews-Harding, Dickinson, Cline 29

Part 2 Late Helladic III C 41

2.1 LH III C: a survey 41

2.2 LH III C iconography: an interim period of artistic development in Greece 60

2.3 From Bronze to Iron Age 66

2.4 Pride and modesty-how to survive the Dark Age 70

2.5 Birds 80

Part 3 From Submycenaean to Middle Geometric 86

3.1 Submycenaean and Subminoan 86

3.2 Protogeometric (Late nth and 10th century BC) 92

3.3 From Protogeometric to Geometric 103

3.4 Early to Middle Geometric, 900-775 BC 105

3.5 Thracian thalassocracy: fact or fiction? 127

Part 4 Late Geometric 136

4.1 From pasture to polis 136

4.2 The structure of settlements, temples 141

4.3 Reviews-Coldstream, Malkin 143

4.4 Precolonisation in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea 148

4.5 Xoana and Laconian wooden sculpture 161

Part 5 Homer and archaeology 166

5.1 Homer-how he perceived his real environment 166

5.2 Reviews-Nagy, Hall 168

Part 6 Phoenicians 172

6.1 Introduction 172

6.2 Phoenicians in the Black Sea? 173

6.3 Phoenician merchant ventures in central and western Mediterranean and in continental Europe 174

Part 7 Macedonian bronzes 180

7.1 Macedonian Bronzes in Italy (= MB VI) 180

7.2 Macedonian bronzes - 30 years later 184

7.4 Macedonian Bronzes today 203

Part 8 Geometric Koine 205

8.1 Relations Between The Aegean and the North. The Amber Route 205

8.2 Koine of Early Iron Age Geometric Styles 212

8.3 Central Europe and Caucasus in the Early Iron Age 222

8.4 The Westernmost Part of the EIA Koine 235

Part 9 Religions 238

9.1 Introduction 238

9.2 Hyperborean Apollo, Solar Heros and Human Soul 238

9.3 Early Greek Religion and Thrace 241

9.4 Reviews-Isler-Kerényi, Wachsmann 245

9.5 Goddess With Arms 248

Part 10 Summary 254

Bibliography 259

Index 284