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In a remote corner of Greece stand the ruins of Mycenae, the fabled city of Homer's King Agamemnon, revered in antiquity and today as the most tangible connection to Homer's age of heroes. Cathy Gere tells its story 'with a sophistication and elan that rivals the gold of Mycenae itself' - Bettany Hughes, author of "Helen of Troy." From Homer to Himmler, from Thucydides to Freud, Mycenae has occupied a singular place in the western imagination. Gere takes us from the Cult of the Hero that sprung up in the shadow of the great burned walls in the eighth century BC, to Agamemnon's twentieth-century reincarnation as an Aryan military genius and to the distinctly anti-heroic conclusions of modern archaeology.
| ISBN | 1861976674 | | DEWEY | 292.13 | | ISBN13 | 9781861976673
(What's this?) | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Publisher | Profile Books Ltd | | Pages | 208 | | Imprint | Profile Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Academic level | General | | Publication date | 05 Apr 2007 | |
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"'Her fascinating new book does a consummate job' Tom Holland, Mail on Sunday (5 stars) 'Ambitious, illuminating and witty' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Sunday Times 'insightful account of how the archaeological ruins of Mycenae have been interpreted and misinterpreted to fit contemporary cultural agenda.' THES 'A wide-ranging and often surprising fulfilment of the book's title, namely a search for a hero.' Minerva Magazine"  Be the first to write a customer review
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