A Question of the Illiad

[CountArach]

I still haven't got it back. Another reason for me to re-word it.

[Incongruous]

I don't think anyone who has studied classical history would contend that the Greeks of Homer's world used a phalnx formation. But homer clearly gives the Trojans the look of a well organised army. Homer also talks about what could be termed as elite units, such as the Dardanians, frontmen as they are called.

I believe that the use of chariots in the Illiad is most likely not to have been a Bronze age convention, they were I believe used more like the massed units of chariots in the east during that era.

What is I believe most interesting about the bronze age world in relation to Homer are the terms, Wanax and Basilieus. The Wanax is both leader in millitary and relgious matters, the Basilieus is merley an under ruler, tribal leader. What does this mean about the development of late bronze age and dark age society? What happened to the Wanax? Is this an indication of civil war among the members of the loose federation under the Wanax?
Is the Agammemnon of homer the heroic memory of an historic Wanax?