HISTORICAL CONTEXTS

C. 3500 - C. 1200 BCE

MYCENAEAN GREECE

ANGEL

BRONZE AGE PROTO-GREEK CULTURES

C. 3000 - C. 1600 BCE

NO CITY-STATES

C. 3000 - C. 1400 BCE

BEFORE THERA / SANTORINI ERUPTS

CULTURAL CENTER

REDISTRIBUTIVE COLLECTIVES

PRODUCTION & BARTER

CENTRAL ANATOLIA C. 2000 - C. 1178 BCE

C. 3000 - C. 1190 BCE

WILUSA > ILUSA > ILIUS / ILIUM

To "Alexander, Prince of Troy" c. 1260

C. 1800 - C. 1000 BCE

IN THE ILIAD

ARGOS & PELOPONNESUS

C. 1450 BCE

MYCENAEANS VS. WILUSANS / TROJANS

TRADITIONAL DATE

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATE

AFTER PROLONGED MYCENAEAN SIEGE

C. 1200 BCE

C. 1200 BCE - C. 400 CE

C. 1200 - 323 BCE

HITTITES 1ST TO SMELT ORE C.1300 BCE

STAYS SHARP LONGER

(DARK AGE) C. 1200 - 900 BCE

NO WRITING, NO CITIES

OF MEDITERRANEAN & MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATIONS

DOCUMENTING COLLAPSE?

PROTO-CITIES C. 900 - C. 750 BCE

IONIA C. 800 - C. 700

ENTERTAINS NOBLES

TROJAN WAR CYCLE

IN ILIAD & ODYSSEY

CIVILIZATION RETURNS; C. 750 - C. 500 BCE

ATHENS, PESISTRATUS, C. 530S BCE

DISCOVERS, EXCAVATES TROY 1869-1876 CE

COASTAL CHANGES

TROY'S LOCATION

NE PREVAILING WINDS

DISCOVERED BY SCHLIEMANN 1874-76

LION GATE

MYCENAEANS, TROJANS, HITTITES, & MESOPOTAMIA

NARRATIVE ORDER

C. 550 BCE - ORIGINS TO "THE ILIAD" LOST

C. 800-C.700 45-60 DAYS OF YEAR 10

C. 750-650, ACHILLES' DEATH TO FALL,LOST

C. 700-600, HORSE TO SACK, LOST

C. 750-650, LOST

C. 750-700, TELEMACHUS & ODYSSEUS

C. 560, DYNASTY OF ODYSSEYS, LOST

TOLD FROM THE TROJAN PERSPECTIVE

C. 27-22 BCE, AENEAS' FLIGHT TO ITALIA

C. 19 BCE, LETTERS OF HELEN & PARIS

C. 90-96 CE, YOUTH & LOVE OF ACHILLES

1ST CENTURY CE

C. 350 CE, ACHILLES & PENTHESILEA

1ST-6TH CENTURIES CE

1ST - 6TH CENTURY CE

ALL EPICS THOUGHT LOST

BRINGS TEXTS TO ITALY IN MID-1400S CE

EPICS TRANSLATED & PUBLISHED IN 1490S

BASED ON ROMAN VERSIONS

C. 1160-70, ANGEVIN/NORMAN (ENGLAND)

C. 1160-1170 ANGEVIN/NORMAN (ENGLAND)

(YLLIAS) 1184 ANGEVIN/NORMAN

1287, GERMAN

1287, ITALY

EARLY 14TH CENTURY, ENGLAND