How History Becomes Mythology, Bronze Age Greece in the Wider Mediterranean

Written By Lara Noble

Season 7 // Episode 599

This episode originally aired on April 16, 2024. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

A brief look at the wider Mediterranean during the Bronze Age and their interactions with Greece (mostly... the Evidence For Troy). Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Richard Crawley; The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean edited by Eric H. Cline; Eric H. Cline, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed; Damien Stone, The Hittites: Lost Civilizations

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

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