Combat, Myths and Seals in the Griffin Warrior Times

In 2015, an intaglio gem was discovered in Pylos (Messenia, Greece) from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age with a scene of two warriors in combat. This representation is part of a group of similar images on seals. The analysis of these objects allows the suggestion that the scenes depicted on th...

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Autor principal:	Kazimierz Lewartowski
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2019
Materias:	Mycenae Crete Pylos combat seals myths Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e883790a075f4661860ac60dc203d3842021-11-27T13:18:55ZCombat, Myths and Seals in the Griffin Warrior Times10.12797/SAAC.23.2019.23.041899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/e883790a075f4661860ac60dc203d3842019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/1109https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X In 2015, an intaglio gem was discovered in Pylos (Messenia, Greece) from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age with a scene of two warriors in combat. This representation is part of a group of similar images on seals. The analysis of these objects allows the suggestion that the scenes depicted on them are based on the same story/myth. This story helped to build the ideology of the Mycenaean elites based on, among other things, the use of violence in social life and set patterns of behavior, while at the same time linking the Mycenaeans living in different parts of Greece, especially in Mycenae, Pylos and Vapheio. Perhaps it had an epic dimension similar to Homer’s much later work. Kazimierz LewartowskiKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleMycenaeCretePyloscombatsealsmythsAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 23 (2019)
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description	In 2015, an intaglio gem was discovered in Pylos (Messenia, Greece) from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age with a scene of two warriors in combat. This representation is part of a group of similar images on seals. The analysis of these objects allows the suggestion that the scenes depicted on them are based on the same story/myth. This story helped to build the ideology of the Mycenaean elites based on, among other things, the use of violence in social life and set patterns of behavior, while at the same time linking the Mycenaeans living in different parts of Greece, especially in Mycenae, Pylos and Vapheio. Perhaps it had an epic dimension similar to Homer’s much later work.
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Combat, Myths and Seals in the Griffin Warrior Times

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