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Homer’s Odyssey – some contexts
an epic of the eighth/seventh centuries BCE
relationship – 8th/7th century BCE and a golden age of heroes
relationship – archaeology and this epic of a lost past
the setting – the Mediterranean in the bronze age and after
what was happening in Homer’s time?
from household to state
great empires in the east
the city and civil society
the old aristocracy and
a new citizenry
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the citizen body
land and economy
mobility