Mycenae :From Myth to History

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Mycenae

Mycenae :From Myth to History

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The Mycenaean civilisation flourished more than 800 years before the classical Greeks, with a complex society, strong artistic tendencies, and a distinct system of writing. Famous for its lion gate and citadel, Mycenae was long believed to be the city that fought Troy in Homer's epic, The Iliad. But after flourishing nearly three thousand years ago the society vanished, becoming nothing more than a legend. Mycenae: From Myth to History brings readers into the heart of this mystery, as it was being solved, through lively text, stunning photographs, and an original take on Greek history and mythology. Using the pivotal summer of 1954 - a year after Linear B, the mysterious language present on all Mycenaean artifacts, was decoded - as her entry point, author Athina Cacouri reveals the fascinating archaeological history of the site, from the pioneering work of Heinrich Schliemann to the discovery of hundreds of 'seal stones', marked with an unknown language.

Cacouri's text is complemented by the photographs of Robert A. McCabe, whose lens captured the site before it was opened to the general public, giving his atmospheric images a poignant, unmatched immediacy. An original play, commissioned for this volume from renowned American playwright John Guare, sets the mythological stage for the archaeological discoveries to come by recounting the history of the House of Atreus and King Agamemnon's Trojan War, while commentary on the photographs from archaeologist Lisa Wace French ties those myths to very real discoveries at the site. An essay by Daniel Fallu, detailing the importance of Mycenae's geology, rounds out this unparalleled survey of one of Greece's treasured archaeological sites. A multifaceted look at a brilliant civilisation and the tireless work that led to its rediscovery, Mycenae is a fast-paced, lushly illustrated exploration of one of the most intriguing mysteries of antiquity that is sure to delight lovers of classical civilisation, photography, and travel.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780789212542
ISBN10 0789212544
Number Of Pages 288
Item Weight 1616 g
Publisher / Reseller Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format hardback
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Author's Bio

Robert McCabe was born in Chicago in 1934. He started taking photographs in 1939 with a Kodak Brownie given to him by his father, who published a tabloid newspaper in New York. In 1957, he photographed widely in the Cyclades at the request of National Geographic Magazine, and he continues to photograph in Greece today. His fifteen published books encompass Greece, Cuba, China, Antarctica, and New York City, and his forthcoming projects include Mykonos: Portrait of a Vanished Era, The Last Monk of the Strofades, and Santorini: Portrait of a Vanished Era. Athina Cacouri is a beloved Greek author of mysteries and historical fiction, as well as a popular writer for journals and periodicals, including Tachydromos. Born in Patras, Greece, Cacouri has lived in Athens, Vienna, and Philadelphia, and is the widow of renowned archaeologist Spyros Iakovidies.

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