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Fox goes further in his hypothesis and specifically identifies the group of early greek wanderers who he deems responsible for this enriching of greek mythology 8th century bce seafarers and colonists from the island of euboea or its colonial offshoots

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I must make the caveat however that the book may prove rather heavy going for laymen with little or no knowledge of or interest in archaeology

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Foxes conclusion is basically that the greekeuboeans were aware of near eastern religious practices largely through individual experiences both trading and settling in places like crete

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I think fox while obviously conversant with some of the advances in indo european studies is largely dismissive of that discipline but of course its impossible to ignore the relationship between hittite culture and greek myth

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While the book is divided into four parts please allow me to chart out the main themes in three segments

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There was not yet a contest

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We start our journey at the toumba royal burial mound of lefkandis ruler earlymidtenth c