Mycenae and the Heroic Age
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Troy
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The war with Troy occurs a little later. Diomedes is said to fight in both wars. Regarding Troy, Troy VI appears to have been ruined by an earthquake around 1300 BC. It was immediately rebuilt as Troy VIIa, but did not achieve as much splendour as its predecessor. The excavations suggest tightly packed dwellings within the walls of the town, indicative of a fortress under long siege. Many storage pits and bins have been found there. According to one theory the war with Troy took place around 1250 BC at the time when the Hittites were engaged in another war in the east. Homer mentions in the Odyssey that there was an attempt by the prince of the Keteioi to relieve Troy at the last stage, and this looks as if it is derived from the early Greek Kateioi, which may be name Khatti of the Hittite capital. The prince Eurypylos who led the Keteioi could be the Hittite name Urpalla. The account in Homer indicates that the Greeks did not in fact take Troy permanently - they sacked it and went home. Troy appears to have been finally destroyed by a later invasion from Thrace.
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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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