TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karavites,Peter
AU  - Wren,Thomas E.
TI  - Promise-giving and treaty-making: Homer and the Near East 
T2  - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum,
SN  - 9789004329157
AV  - PA4037 .K37 1992
U1  - 883/.01 20
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Leiden, New York
PB  - E.J. Brill
KW  - Homer
KW  - Homer.
KW  - Epic poetry, Greek
KW  - Mycenaean influences
KW  - Treaties in literature
KW  - Civilization, Mycenaean, in literature
KW  - fast
KW  - Literature
KW  - Middle East
KW  - In literature
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and indexes; Preliminary Material; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Introduction; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; The Corpus of Homeric Agreements; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; The Linguistic Evidence; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; The Structure of the Homeric Agreements; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Other Features of Homeric Agreements; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; The People; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; War Conventions; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Conventions Associated with Treaty-Making; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Conclusion: Continuity or Discontinuity?; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Bibliography; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Index of Proper Names and Titles; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Index of Transliterated Terms; Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites --; Supplements to Mnemosyne; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - This book challenges the current view of the Homeric epics that they reflect only the institutions and ideas of the Dark Ages, during which they were composed, telling us nothing about the Mycenaean Age preceding it. Comparing evidence from the Near East with the Homeric corpus, Peter Karavites argues that the epics actually contain much that harks back to the Mycenaean Age, and that the two eras may not be completely discontinuous after all. Most contemporary scholars maintain that the mighty Mycenaean period was almost completely separated from the Dark Ages and that virtually no evidence of the former remains, with the exception of the archeological finds and the meager testimony of the Linear B tablets. However, the Near Eastern evidence about treaties and other forms of promising suggests that the Iliad and Odyssey may indeed provide historical pictures of the Mycenaean times featured in their narratives
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004329157
ER  -