The Tomb of AgamemnonHarvard University Press, 1 Ιουν 2011 - 208 σελίδες From Homer to Himmler, from Thucydides to Freud, Mycenae has occupied a singular place in the Western imagination. As the backdrop to one of the most famous military campaigns of all time, Agamemnon’s city has served for generation after generation as a symbol of the human appetite for war. As an archaeological site, it has given its name to the splendors of one of Europe’s earliest civilizations: the Mycenaean Age. In this book, historian of science Cathy Gere tells the story of these extraordinary ruins. |
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... king of Mycenae, the face portrayed is startlingly individual. This was a handsome man, with a long aquiline nose, high cheekbones and a thin, wide mouth. He boasts a finely shaped handlebar moustache and trim beard with a chic little ...
... king of Mycenae, the face portrayed is startlingly individual. This was a handsome man, with a long aquiline nose, high cheekbones and a thin, wide mouth. He boasts a finely shaped handlebar moustache and trim beard with a chic little ...
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... king of kings with the flaws of an everyman. Although Homer commands the muse to sing of the anger ofAchilles in the famous opening lines of the poem, it is actually Agamemnon whose unedifying combination oflust, arrogance and ...
... king of kings with the flaws of an everyman. Although Homer commands the muse to sing of the anger ofAchilles in the famous opening lines of the poem, it is actually Agamemnon whose unedifying combination oflust, arrogance and ...
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... king of kings' irresistible combination of curse and character flaw supplied a rich vein of material for exploring the ethics of heroism, the relationship between fate and freedom, and the all-important difference between justice and ...
... king of kings' irresistible combination of curse and character flaw supplied a rich vein of material for exploring the ethics of heroism, the relationship between fate and freedom, and the all-important difference between justice and ...
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... king of kings, murdered and buried along with his retinue (the other sixteen bodies) by his faithless wife and her paramour. It is hard to overestimate the excitement generated by Schliemann's announcement that he had found Agamemnon's ...
... king of kings, murdered and buried along with his retinue (the other sixteen bodies) by his faithless wife and her paramour. It is hard to overestimate the excitement generated by Schliemann's announcement that he had found Agamemnon's ...
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... king or that queen, their exalted place in a complex universe ofbeasts and gods and men, in a language that we can never hope fully to understand. the ruins of mycenae After the National Archaeological Museum, the next stop on the ...
... king or that queen, their exalted place in a complex universe ofbeasts and gods and men, in a language that we can never hope fully to understand. the ruins of mycenae After the National Archaeological Museum, the next stop on the ...
Περιεχόμενα
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The Cult of the Hero and the Agony of War
| 25 |
Mycenae Enlightened
| 47 |
Agamemnon Awakened
| 60 |
Saviour or Antichrist?
| 81 |
The Birth of the Bronze Age
| 95 |
The Swastika and the Butterfly
| 117 |
A City without Heroes
| 145 |
Making a Visit?
| 175 |
Further Reading
| 187 |
List of Illustrations
| 195 |
Acknowledgements
| 198 |
Index
| 199 |
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The Tomb of Agamemnon: Mycenae and the Search for a Hero Cathy Gere Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2011 |
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