Dorian Invasion of Greece
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Greece (ancient)
- Date: c. 1120-950
Article abstract: At issue: Military and political dominance in southern Greece. Result: Replacement of Mycenaean aristocracy by Dorians.
Background
Around 1200 b.c.e., Greece was in the late Bronze Age, a glamorous, heroic period. Many Greek tragedies and particularly Homer’s Odyssey (c. 800 b.c.e.; English translation, 1616) and Aeschylus’s Oresteia (458 b.c.e.; English translation, 1777) reflect not only the period’s aristocratic traditions but also a threat to the established order. In Homer’s epic poem, the boisterous suitors...
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