Mycenaean Archaeologists: Heinrich Schliemann, George E. Mylonas, Manfred Korfmann, Spyridon Marinatos, Georg Loeschcke, Eleni Konsolaki
Chapters: Heinrich Schliemann, George E. Mylonas, Manfred Korfmann, Spyridon Marinatos, Georg Loeschcke, Eleni Konsolaki, Christos Tsountas, Antonios Keramopoulos. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Heinrich Schliemann (German pronunciation: ; (January 6, 1822, Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin December 26, 1890, Naples) was a German businessman and archaeologist, and an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. Schliemann was an important archaeological excavator of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His successes lent material weight to the idea that Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid reflect actual historical events. Schliemann was born in Neubukow in 1822. His father, Ernst Schliemann, was a poor Protestant minister. Heinrich’s mother, Luise Therese Sophie, died in 1831, when Heinrich was nine years old. After his mother’s death, his father sent Heinrich to live with his uncle. When he was eleven years old, his father paid for him to enroll in the Gymnasium (grammar school) at Neustrelitz. He attended the grammar school for at least a year. Heinrich’s later interest in history was initially encouraged by his father, who had schooled him in the tales of the Iliad and the Odyssey and had given him a copy of Ludwig Jerrer’s Illustrated History of the World for Christmas in 1829. Schliemann later claimed that at the age of 8, he had declared he would one day excavate the city of Troy. Schliemann’s interest in the classics continued throughout his time at the Gymnasium, so it is likely that he would have been further exposed to Homer had he been able to remain a student there. However, Heinrich was transferred to the vocational school, or Realschule, after his father was accused of embezzling chu…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13628
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A German businessman-turned-archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) had a lifelong dream: to find the world of Homer–the mythical cities of Troy, Ithaca, and Mycenae–and search for its long-hidden riches. Now, this fascinating volume reveals the complete story of how this passionate amateur, guided only by the Homeric texts, unearthed legendary sites and artifacts.
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Chapters: Heinrich Schliemann. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 334. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Heinrich Schliemann (German pronunciation: ; (January 6, 1822, Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin December 26, 1890, Naples) was a German businessman and archaeologist, and an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. Schliemann was an important archaeological excavator of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His successes lent material weight to the idea that Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid reflect actual historical events. Schliemann was born in Neubukow in 1822. His father, Ernst Schliemann, was a poor Protestant minister. Heinrich’s mother, Luise Therese Sophie, died in 1831, when Heinrich was nine years old. After his mother’s death, his father sent Heinrich to live with his uncle. When he was eleven years old, his father paid for him to enroll in the Gymnasium (grammar school) at Neustrelitz. He attended the grammar school for at least a year. Heinrich’s later interest in history was initially encouraged by his father, who had schooled him in the tales of the Iliad and the Odyssey and had given him a copy of Ludwig Jerrer’s Illustrated History of the World for Christmas in 1829. Schliemann later claimed that at the age of 8, he had declared he would one day excavate the city of Troy. Schliemann’s interest in the classics continued throughout his time at the Gymnasium, so it is likely that he would have been further exposed to Homer had he been able to remain a student there. However, Heinrich was transferred to the vocational school, or Realschule, after his father was accused of embezzling church funds, and had to leave that institution in 1836 when his father was no longer able to pay for it. According to his diary, Schli…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13628