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Achilles in Book XXIII assumes the winner will have a continuous need for iron, since he offers a five years' supply
this only makes sense when iron was made much use of, i.e. not until after 1100
bronze tripods also not fancy, worthy of being prizes, until the Dark Ages
the size of a Mycenaean spear seems to preclude its being thrown
the Argive plain can support several little centres or one big
one, but not two big independent states,
this only makes sense when iron was made much use of, i.e. not until after 1100
bronze tripods also not fancy, worthy of being prizes, until the Dark Ages
the size of a Mycenaean spear seems to preclude its being thrown
the Argive plain can support several little centres or one big
one, but not two big independent states,
