Towards the Borders of the Bronze Age and Beyond

1. Preface

2. Introduction

3. References to Time and Dates in the Bronze Age

4. The Historical and Archaeological Framework of Travel and Mobility in the Bronze Age

5. The Economic Background of Bronze Age Long Distance Travel

6. Shipbuilding in the Bronze Age

7. Evidence for Mycenaean Long Distance Journeys in the LBA

8. Reflections of Mycenaean Long Distance Travel in the Mythological Record
8.1 Definition, Structures and Functions of Myth
8.2 Myth and History
8.3 Genealogies – Mythical Timekeeping
8.4 The Content and Narrative Style of Greek Travel Myths
8.5 The Historicity of Greek Travel Myths

9. Mycenaean Contacts with the Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean
9.1 Mycenaean Contacts with Anatolia
9.1.1 Archaeological and Historical Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Anatolia
9.1.2 Reflections in Greek Myths
9.2 Mycenaean Contacts with the Levant
9.2.1 Archaeological Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with the Levant
9.2.2 Reflections in Greek Myths
9.3 Mycenaean Contacts with Cyprus
9.3.1 Archaeological Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Cyprus
9.3.2 Reflections in Greek Myths
9.4 Mycenaean Contacts with Egypt
9.4.1 Pictorial, Historical and Archaeological Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Egypt
9.4.2 Reflections in Greek Myths

10. Mycenaean Contacts with the Central and Western Mediterranean
10.1 Evidence of Mycenaean Journeys to Italy and Sicily
10.1.1 Archaeological Evidence
10.1.2 Reflections in Greek Myths
10.2 Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Sardinia
10.2.1 Archaeological Evidence
10.2.2 Reflections in Greek Myths
10.3 Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with the Iberian Peninsula
10.3.1 Archaeological Evidence
10.3.2 Reflections in Greek Myths

11. Mycenaean Journeys with the Black Sea Area
11.1 The Historical, Archaeological and Epigraphic Evidence for Mycenaean Contacts with the Black Sea Area
11.2 Reflections of Mycenaean Journeys with the Black Sea Area in Greek Myths

12. The Mysterious Countries ‘Beyond’
12.1 The Far South and East – The Ethiopians, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean
12.2 The Far West – The ‘Isles of the Blessed’
12.3 ‘Hyperborea’ – The Mysterious ‘Far North’
12.3.1 The Archaeological Evidence of Contacts from Mycenaean Greece with Northern Europe
12.3.2 The Mythical Record of Mycenaean Contacts with Northern Europe

13. Summary and Conclusions

14. References