Mycenae and the Heroic Age
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Disputing the theory of the Dorian invasion
In should be remarked that the theory of the Dorian invaders is not accepted by all commentators. For example, R J Hopper argues that whilst there is an archaeological dividing line between the Heroic Age (that of the Late Bronze Age) and the subsequent period is marked by the destruction of the Mycenaean centres at the end of the C13th BC., the Dorian myth is a later rationalisation. Prior to this period of disruption the Greeks were probably an ethnic mix, with people taking their names usually from their cities. As this mix did not strictly include the Dorians, there was some effort by later mythographers to twist the saga so as to include them, and to account them as part of the Greek people. Later Greek historians thought of the Dorians as Greeks who were pushed into Thessaly by the Greeks of central Greece, and who later returned via Epirus. It is possible that the Greek historians in their speculations were also influenced by their awareness that some regions of mainland Greece were Dorized and others not. For example, the Spartans were Dorians par excellence, thus leading to the tradition that the Spartans crossed the gulf of Corinth via Doris. Mycenae was finally destroyed around 1150 BC. Refugees fled to Kephallaneia and Achaea. The destruction was followed in the Peloponese by a decline in material prosperity and a reduction in the population, though pottery continued to be produced in the Mycenaean tradition.
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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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