warfare and society in ancient greece lecture 4 the world of the homeric hero ii

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Warfare and Society in Ancient Greece Lecture 4 The world of the Homeric hero II

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Warfare and Society in Ancient Greece

Lecture 4

The world of the Homeric hero II

Agamemnon’s corselet

From a tomb in Mycenae

Agamemnon’s corselet

Agamemnon’s corselet

Agamemnon’s corselet

Tablet from Cnossos

Agamemnon’s shield

Agamemnon’s shield

The tusk helmet

Mycenaean Greek boar tusk helmet, Mycenae, 14 century BC

The tusk helmet and the tower shield

Fresco from Thera, Crete, XVII cent. BC

The tower shield

Dagger from a tomb of Mycenae

The tower shield

Golden ring from a tomb of Mycenae

Mycenaean chariots

Royal Shaft-grave V in Mycenae (1500 BC)

Mycenaean chariots

Bronze plaque from the "Kadmeia" palace in Thebes, XV-XIV century BC

Mycenaean chariots

Fresco from Pylos dated LH IIIA/B (about 1350 BC)

Mycenaean chariots

Carl Bryullov, 'Portrait of the General-adjutant Count Vasiliy Alekseevich Perovskiyk' (1837)