The Mycenaen Age: Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE)
I. Older Generation: predates Trojan War (ie. Oedipus, Heracles)
II. Younger Generation: Trojan War and onwards (ie. Odysseus, Theseus)
Cities
Peloponnesus: Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos, Sparta, Pylos
Mainland/Arcadia: Athens, Thebes, Iolcus
Asia Minor and Islands: Troy, Crete
Heroic Motifs (Male)
1. Miraculous [divine] conception and birth.
2. Immediate threat/opposition at birth
3. Challenge accepted at maturity
4. [Divine] assistance for labours
5. Insuperable labours
6. Adventures/temptations/shenanigans involving a mixture of human/monster/divine
7. Taboos and prohibitions
8. Triumph over death (symbolic or literal)
9. Reward (marriage, power, wealth, or longevity)
10. Death and/or deification
Heroic Motifs (Female)
1. Departure from home upon maturity (exile or compulsion)
2. Seclusion to protect virtue due to prophecy
3. Impregnation by God or Hero
4. Punishment or rejection
5. Rescue and redemption from mature son.
