What the Odyssey Gets Wrong About Bronze Age Greek Religion

Create your world with WORLD ANVIL ► https://www.worldanvil.com/?c=rfbUse code "RFB" for 51% off ANY yearly subscription!Religion for Breakfast videos take a lot of research and collaboration. Patreon support helps fund editors, scholars, and future episodes. Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/c/religionforbreakfastSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and ReutersHomer’s Odyssey is set in the Bronze Age, but Homer (if he was even a real person) lived during the Iron Age. So...is he accurate? Explore Mycenaean religion, Linear B, Poseidon, Potnia, sacrifice, and what Homer gets right and wrong.00:00 Anachronisms and Boar's Tusk Helmets2:23 Linear B Tablets and their challenges5:11 The Mycenaean Gods Explained11:50 Mycenaean [State] Ritual18:07 What Homer Gets Right and Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices