3,000-Year-Old Tax Dispute Reveals #Mycenaean Greece’s Legal Thinking
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https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/07/tax-disput-legal-thinking-mycenaean-greece/

No more #Mycenaean #priestess trying to bilk the community for #tax exempt #religious status https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/07/tax-disput-legal-thinking-mycenaean-greece/

Mycenae, a prominent city in the Mycenaean, an ancient Greek civilization that flourished in mainland Greece during the late Bronze Age, roughly from 1750 to 1050 B.C.

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The tomb of Agamemnon (1350-1250 BC) in Mycenae.

Mycenae, Peloponnese, Greece

October 2022

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#BronzeAge artifacts from the University of Cincinnati’s #ArchaeologicalExcavations in #Greece will go on display in North America for the first time this month at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
“The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of #AncientGreece” features more than 230 artifacts from the Mycenaean civilization. The #museum highlights the tomb of a #Mycenaean leader who lived around 1450 BCE.
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/05/bronze-age-artifacts-in-north-america-first-time.html

Archaeological Discovery: #Mycenaean Building and Ceramics Found on Mount Ellanio, Aegina | #Greece #archaeology https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/04/09/archaeological-discovery-mycenaean-building-and-ceramics-found-on-mount-ellanio-aegina-2/ via @greekcitytimes

~ Minoan & Mycenaean Fashion, part III ~

Mycenaean fashion was heavily influenced by its Minoan predecessor. Mainland Greek women adopted a similar flounced skirt and silhouette. However, it is notable that at certain points in Mycenaean history a more conservative closed bodice was preferred and, on occasion, just a simplistic tunic, sometimes belted. They wore knit shawls or cloaks over their dresses and secured their elaborate, twisted hairstyles with ivory hairpins.

Mycenaean women are often depicted with a distinctive accessory: the polos. A polos is a round, cylindrical crown, shaped almost like a side-turned wheel that was worn on the head. It was commonly sported by powerful women.

Between c. 1250 - c. 1100 BCE, a series of earthquakes, droughts, famines, wars, and the invasion of Sea Peoples whom we know little about brought on the Bronze Age Collapse. This series of disasters brought down some of the Mycenaean civilisation and heralded the Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 - c. 750 BCE) in which the Bronze Age styles were eventually replaced by the peplos and the chiton − the clothing we most commonly associate with ancient Greece.

Illustration : Mycenaean fresco from Mycenae (1250-1180 BCE)

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~ Minoan & Mycenaean Fashion, part II ~

Women are heavily represented amongst the archaeological finds from Knossos, Akrotiri, and other Minoan hubs. One of the most beautiful examples is the Snake Goddess Figurine which depicts the archetype of Minoan dress. This woman wears a flounced, layered skirt that falls to the ground. Her bodice has short sleeves and a scalloped neckline which reveals and accentuates her breasts. This is mirrored in the colorful frescoes which emphasize bright, eye-catching fabrics dyed a myriad of colors. Bold primary colors – reds, yellows, and blues − dominate the pattern scheme. To get these shades, the Minoans took advantage of the available natural resources. Saffron was used to acquire yellow and murex sea snails to create a rich purple.

One of the most interesting aspects of female dress was the use of corsets or tight thick belts to create an hour-glass figure. Artworks suggest that the wasp-waist was highly idealized in Minoan culture and body modification may have been implemented to achieve this. Corsets have, of course, gone in and out of fashion in the thousands of years since their early Cretan use. Minoan women also wore jewelry to frame their features. Hoop earrings, necklaces, and bangles were all popular forms of expression and decoration − gold and glass beads were used to give outfits that glamorous touch.

In the frescoes, women have black hair braided into long tendrils or locks. Their skin, in contrast, is typically a pale white, implying that the ideal women would have spent significant time indoors and that the archetype of feminine beauty could be obtained by focusing on domestic duties.

Illustration : A fresco from the House of the Ladies in Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini), c. 7th century BCE.

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