Mycenae and the Heroic Age
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Mycenaean influence
There are other sites that exhibit Mycenaean influence at Tiryns, Athens, Thebes, Volos, Pylos (the palace of Ano Englianos). There is a tholos but no palace at Sparta. There are massive buildings and fortifications at Mycenae, Tiryns and Athens. The buildings at Tiryns exhibit three distinct periods. There is also evidence that fortifications at Tiryns were modified by the Mycenaeans.. There are settlements at Olympia and Delphi. Linear B tablets have been found at Pylos. These deal only with day-to-day administration and commercial organisation, but confirm the view that Greece in the Late Bronze Age was a well-developed region with good communications and many settlements. There is a very well preserved palace site at Pylos, the main part of which dates from c. 1300 - 1200 BC. There appear to have been Greek colonies in southern Sicily and the 'heel' of Italy - Greek style pottery has, for example, been discovered in these regions as well as doomed tombs near Syracuse and Agrigento resembling those of Greek mainland chieftains.
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Contents of
Mycenae and the Heroic Age
1 The fall of Knosos
2 Crete circa 1400 BC
3 Mycenae
4 Mycenaean palace architecture
5 Mycenaean burial practices
6 Mycenaean influence
7 Cyprus
8 Decline of Mycenae
9 The sea raiders
10 The wars with Thebes and Troy
11 The seven against Thebes
12 Troy
13 The Dorian Invasion and the end of Mycenaean civilisation
14 The Heraclids
15 Disputing the theory of the Dorian invasion
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