Kingship in the Mycenaean World and Its Reflections in the Oral Tradition

by Ione Mylonas Shear

During the last few decades, there has been great interest in the problems of defining the extent and nature of kingship in the Mycenaean world. Questions concerning the degree of economic and religious power held by the king have been given special emphasis. This book surveys the conclusions drawn by individual scholars studying the Linear B tablets, contrasts their theories with our knowledge of the Mycenaean kingdoms as derived from the archaeological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931534128
• ISBN13: 9781931534123
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.3"