Homer and the Bronze Age : The Reflection of Humanistic Ideals in Diplomatic Practices

Peter Karavites presents a revisionist overview of Homeric scholarship, whose purpose is to bridge the gap between the "positivist" and "negativist" theories dominant in the greater part of the twentieth century. His investigation derives new insights from Homer's text and solves the age old question of the relationship between Homer and the Mycenaean age. Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Diplomacy during the Egyptian Imperium 3. Messengers in Western Asia 4. Homeric Messengers 5. Homeric and Near Eastern Analogies 6. Concluding Remarks Afterword The Diachronic Endurance of Messenger Practices Bibliography Index