Birth of Greece. From Minos to Solon 3200 to 510 BC.
Belin| N° d'inventaire | 22255 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 688 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782701164922 |
From Minos to Solon, from a mythical king to one of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece, this volume traces the history of the Aegean worlds from their origins, within a Mediterranean framework extended to Europe and the Near East. It embraces all the archaeological cultures that succeeded one another during the Bronze Age. This very long period, spread over more than two millennia, is rich in inventions and upheavals of all kinds, from the practice of writing (Linear A and B, then alphabetic mode) to the Trojan War and its aftermath, which nourished the Iliad and the Odyssey. In the light of the most recent research, with eminent experts on the Mycenaean world (from the 15th to the 12th century) and the Archaic period (from the 8th to the 6th century) as guides, the reader is invited to Knossos, the first Cretan palace to be excavated, to Troy, Mycenae, Tiryns, Delphi, Delos, Tarentum, and many other sites. He will discover cultures, societies, and political formations as mysterious as they are original; he will meet Athena, Zeus, and Poseidon, already present on the Linear B tablets of the Bronze Age... In the shadow of the palaces, cities, ports, and sanctuaries of the Aegean world, this book offers a plural and inventive history, completely renewed, enriched by splendid iconography and original cartography.
From Minos to Solon, from a mythical king to one of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece, this volume traces the history of the Aegean worlds from their origins, within a Mediterranean framework extended to Europe and the Near East. It embraces all the archaeological cultures that succeeded one another during the Bronze Age. This very long period, spread over more than two millennia, is rich in inventions and upheavals of all kinds, from the practice of writing (Linear A and B, then alphabetic mode) to the Trojan War and its aftermath, which nourished the Iliad and the Odyssey. In the light of the most recent research, with eminent experts on the Mycenaean world (from the 15th to the 12th century) and the Archaic period (from the 8th to the 6th century) as guides, the reader is invited to Knossos, the first Cretan palace to be excavated, to Troy, Mycenae, Tiryns, Delphi, Delos, Tarentum, and many other sites. He will discover cultures, societies, and political formations as mysterious as they are original; he will meet Athena, Zeus, and Poseidon, already present on the Linear B tablets of the Bronze Age... In the shadow of the palaces, cities, ports, and sanctuaries of the Aegean world, this book offers a plural and inventive history, completely renewed, enriched by splendid iconography and original cartography.