A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more
at www.luminosoa.org. Although the Mycenaean civilization of the
Greek Bronze Age was identified 150 years ago, its origins remain
obscure. Jack L. Davis, codirector of excavations at the Palace of
Nestor at Pylos, takes readers on a tour of the beginnings of
Mycenaean civilization through a case study of this important site.
In collaboration with codirector Sharon R. Stocker, Davis
demonstrates that this ancient place was a major node for the
exchange of ideas between the already established Minoan
civilization, centered on the island of Crete, and the residents of
the Greek mainland. Davis and Stocker show how adoption of Minoan
culture created an ideology of power focused on a single
individual, celebrating his military prowess, investing him with
divine authority, and creating a figure instantly recognizable to
readers of Homer and students of Greek history. A Greek State in
Formation makes the powerful case that a knowledge of the Greek
Bronze Age is indispensable to the classics curriculum.
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