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2000 BCE
BRONZE AGE EMPIRES
Minoan: 2000-1450 BCE Mycenean: 1750-1050 BCE
centuries BCE -
Period: 725 BCE to 625
THE ODYSSEY: INTRO
based on oral tradition the authorship and circumstances of composition are debatable -
625 BCE
THE ODYSSEY: THINGS TO REMEMBER
Composed sometime between the late 8th-late 7th centuries BCE Does not reflect one historical period, but rather includes combination of elements from difference epochs (The Bronze Age, Greek Dark Ages, Archaic Period) -
566 BCE
Pisistratus,
the tyrant of Athens, established first canonized version