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Why is the Trojan War and its ramifications such a distinctly central event in archaic and classical Greece? Why is it the only semi-mythic-semi-historical account to have survived the Bronze Age collapse? Only Heracles' and Oedipus' myths seem to come close.
Or were other events of equal importance which only seemed diminished because historic records/literary works on them were lost throughout time (e.g. in the fire of Alexandria, roman conquests, etc)?
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>>8703194
It united all of Greece
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It united all of Greece and represents the initial steps in ending the age of heroes and lead to the uniting of people by law rather than force.
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Read book one of Thucydides history of the Peloponnesian wars.
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>>8703220
>law rather than force.
>drawing this dichotomy
kek
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>>8703883
That was post Bronze Age collapse, though.
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>>8703194
>mfw we or our children are going to live through an even greater collapse
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>>8703194
tfw ajax buries his sword to kill himself
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