Greek Mythic HistoryAs far back as the fifth century BCE Pherecydes and others attempted to integrate city-state stories into a coherent mythic Greek pre-history. Science unavailable to ancient sources helped guide author Spencer Clevenger to critical insights and intriguing results. In Greek Mythic History, he weaves myths concerning gods, kings, and heroes into their intended time and place and offers a concise retelling of Greek myths from a historic perspective. Capitalizing on modern discoveries, Clevenger tells the story in chronological order, starting with the creation of the cosmos and ending in the Dark Ages when poets began to write down their myths and stories. Neither history nor mythology, the stories depict what history might be if the myths were interpreted more literally. With maps and exhibits included, Greek Mythic History provides a comprehensive retelling of the various Hellenic myths in a logical historical sequence, and places nearly the entire canon into context. |
Contents
Rise of Mycenai | |
7Fall of Krete to the Rise of Dionysos | |
The Trojan | |
The Returns | |
The Fall of Mycenai | |
Iron | |
Conclusion | |
Clevenger Chronology | |
List of Kings | |
Anatolia Prehistory and Bronze | |
First Heroes | |
House of Pelops | |
Eternal Year | |
Sack of Cities | |
The Wanax King of Kings | |
Minoan Krete | |
Procession of the Stars | |
Important Mythic Sources and Early Poets | |
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Adrastos Agamemnon Akhaians Akhilleus Akrisios Amphitryon Anatolia ancient Apollo Apollodoros archaeological Argeia Argonauts Argos Arkadian arrived Arzawan Assyrian Athenian Athens Atreus battle became Bellerophontes Bronze Age brother chariot conquered Dark Age daughter death defeated Delphi Dionysos Dorians early Egypt Egyptian Ephoros Eteokles Eurystheus father fifth century BCE fled goddess gods greatking Hektor Hellas Hellenic Hephaistos Hera Herakleids Herakles Herakles’s Hermes Herodotos Hesiod Hittite Homer IndoEuropean Iolkos Ionian Island Jason Kadmos Kalydon killed king kingdom Klytaimnestra Korinth Kreon Krete Kronos Lakonia Late Bronze Age married Melampous Menelaos Messenia migration Miletos Minoan mother Mycenai Mycenaian myth mythic Neoptolemos nymph Odysseus Oidipous Olympians Olympos Orestes Orkhomenos palace Pausanias Peleus Peloponnesos Pelops Perseus Pheidon Poseidon pottery princess Proitos Pylos returned revisionist dating ruled sacked says settled Sicyon sons Sparta Syrakuse Temenos Thebans Thebes Theseus Thessalia Thessalian Thyestes Tiryns Titan traditional dating Trojan Troy Troy VII Tyndareos wife Zeus