Black Ships and Sea Raiders
The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Context of Odysseus’ Second Cretan Lie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11770686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey P Emanuel (0000-0003-1889-6629, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Black Ships and Sea Raiders (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Lexington Books (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781666986242 |
| OpenAlex | W4410680454 |
| ISBN | 9781666986242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The end of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean was a time of social, political, and economic upheaval – conditions reflected, in many ways, in the world of Homer’s Odyssey. Jeffrey P. Emanuel examines the Odyssey’s Second Cretan Lie (xiv 191 – 359) in the context of this watershed transition, with particular emphasis on raiding, warfare, maritime technology and tactics, and the evidence for the so-called ‘Sea Peoples’ who have been connected to the events of this period. He focuses in particular on the hero’s description of his frequent raiding activities and on his subsequent sojourn in the land of the pharaohs, and connections between Odysseus’ false narrative and the historical experiences of one particular Sea Peoples group: the ‘Sherden of the Sea.’
Biology · Black sea · Fishery · Geography · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Geology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |