Much of What We Know About "Dark Age" Greek Culture

question 37

Essay

Much of what we know about "Dark Age" Greek culture (1100-800 B.C.) comes from Homer.But Homer wrote during the Greek Renaissance (800-600 B.C.).Can historians therefore rely on Homer as a guide to Greek history for the centuries surrounding the Trojan War? What is the relation between literature and history?

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