The tale is the first half of the Greek mythological hero Theseus life. Part of the reason her view of the world still works in the story is that she doesn't just stamp a medieval or modern view of kingship and courts, religion and even gender on the deeper past but makes it something different, apart and alien.Renault weaves a world that never was, but is so beautifully detailed that her creation breathes, and you would swear to it’s reality. She doesn't labour her descriptions of objects they are just there. What I love about the books is that Renault uses the material culture so well. Others might see the world she writes about somewhat differently, but they probably would have done so in the 1950s as well. In short, no doubt Renault would have changed some details with the benefit recent research, but I my view is that her interpretation still stands as being a possibility.
Current debate about kingship, whether the building at Knossos was a palace occupied by a king, etc, is complex and unresolved.
While academic interpretations of material, Bronze Age texts and later myths are constantly changing and being refined, the essentials-that the large building at Knossos was a centre with an underground series of corridors and rooms, that Athens had relations with Crete, that some shrines were set in the countryside, etc-still stand. The book is an interpretation of the material found viewed through myth, and this is still valid. Many more texts have been added to the list of those discovered and translated, and many discoveries made about the site (including understanding more about the 'palace' at Knossos and the settlement around it), meaning some details could no doubt be added. Great question! The book was written just after Michael Ventris deciphered Linear B, which revealed so much more about the Mycenaean and Minoan worlds and which added richness to knowledge already discovered by excavators such as Evans. Kate McAllan Hi Elinore Great question! The book was written just after Michael Ventris deciphered Linear B, which revealed so much more about the Mycenaean and Min …more Hi Elinore
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