[yarddog]

It has been over thirty years since I was a classics major but I still remember that the Doric Greeks were supposed to have been fair haired and tall while the earlier Ionians were more Mediterannean in appearance.Since they both spoke Greek their must have been a kinship.

Also the Spartan (Doric) women were known to be the most beautiful in Greece which I always thought of as a waste. It may have been partly due to their eugenics practices.

[SunkenCiv]

The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Social, Political, and Economic Organization
Dartmouth College | 1996 | faculty
Posted on 11/28/2004 7:29:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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[sine_nomine]

Clive Cussler has quoted a book I want to read, "Where Troy once stood," arguing that Troy was Cambridge, England.

The book is out of print. Some information is on the Net. The basic premise is that the Asian location does not fit any descriptors in the Iliad.

[Cicero]

Just so. The earlier civilization appears to have been presided over by the kings of Crete. Then there appears to have been a dark age (after Thera exploded?) followed by a new civilization presided over by the Maecaenians.

It's not unlike the history of Britain, where the first inhabitants were conquered in turn by the Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Normans, and the various conquering groups ruled over and intermarried with their predecessors.