https://freerepublic.com/tag/madduwatta/ en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:29:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4397236/posts Today we cover the Indictment of Madduwatta: a 3,400-year-old Hittite legal complaint that happens to contain the oldest named Greek warrior in the historical record. Long before Homer ever put pen to paper on the Iliad or the Odyssey, a warlord named Attarissiya crossed the Aegean with a hundred chariots, tore through western Anatolia, unseated a Hittite-backed ruler, and fought the empire's own army to a standstill before sailing home. We also trace the wider collapse-era: the Hittite Empire at Hattusa, the Lukka coastal peoples, the Assuwa confederation, and Ahhiyawa. The Invasion That Inspired Homer's Iliad | 18:55 Bronze to... YouTube https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4397236/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:29:52 GMT