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The Tomb of Agamemnon [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Cathy Gere (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 201 pages
  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd; illustrated edition edition (19 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861976178
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861976178
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 311,476 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'An engaging mix of cultural analysis, biography and archeological history. Ambitious...illuminating and witty.'


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From Homer to Himmler, from Thucydides to Freud, Mycenae has occupied a singular place in the western imagination. As the backdrop to one of the more famous military campaigns of all time, Agamemnon's city has served for generation after generation as a symbol of the human appetite for war. As an archaeological site, it has given its name to the splendours of one of Europe's earliest civilisations: the Mycenaean Age. In this fascinating book, Cathy Gere tells the story of this extraordinary place - 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, to the distinctly anti-heroic conclusions of modern archaeology.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Read, 27 Feb 2008
By J. Duducu (Ruislip) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tomb of Agamemnon (Wonders of the World) (Paperback)
Rather than telling you the story of what happened at ancient Mycenae what we have here is the story of the story and how it grew over the centuries.

It is a text book example (literally) of how someone's wishful thinking is picked up by later generations as undisputed fact who in turn pile on more myth from there leading you to a completely inaccurate view of what really happened.

The story is a fascinating one and if you then take all the suppositions heaped on this site and start thinking about more sensitive sites in Biblical archaeology you start seeing the raft of problems you have describing exactly what went on and trying to please the believers and the searchers of facts all at the same time.

However the whole book is written with a wit and pace that many other historical authors should take note of. It is fun, entertaining and informative all at the same time.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and entertaining read with high production values, 31 Oct 2006
By Roman Clodia (London) - See all my reviews
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This feels like a book you want to buy from the moment you pick it up and hold it in your hands and in a world where publishing values have slumped, that makes a pleasant change. But the contents are also worth reading: Gere isn't a classicist and that shows, but she has done her homework and has written an entertaining book that engages with the 'reception' of not just the tale of Troy but also the heroic ethos of the archaic Greek world. From the 5th century bc, tragedians re-engaged with Homer, and that re-writing and appropriation of myths and meaning continues through history. The chapter on the Nazi appropriation of the Greeks, and particularly the Spartans, as the original Aryan race is both chilling and fascinatingly weird.

An excellent read in an excellent series, which will both inform the layman and maybe reinvigorate the professional classicist.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Tomb of Agamemnon, 26 Mar 2006
By rosy armitage (Brighton, England) - See all my reviews
This gorgeous volumne, with its sumptuous gold cover, should be top of the book-shopping list for anyone who is interested in history, archaeology or travel. Witty and erudite, Ms Gere writes beautifully, and, while clearly an academic, never talks down to those of us who are not. Reading this book is like having a long chat with your favourite teacher... if only all history books were as broad in their range and as amusing. Highly recommended!
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