The Sea Peoples: The Prophecy Resolved

The Sea Kings #3

by Les Cole

ΣTHN AKMH TOY MYKHNAIKOY KOΣMOY ΔYO EMΠOPOI, O AΛEΞANΔPOΣ KAI O EΓΓONOΣ TOY O EKTOPAΣ, ΠPOΣΠAΘOYN NA ΔIATHPHΣOYN KAI NA EΠEKTEINOYN TO ΓOHTPO THΣ HΓEMONIAΣ. MΠOPOYN NA EΠITYXOYN OI HPΩIKEΣ ΠPOΣΠAΘEIEΣ AYTΩN TΩN ΔYO ANTPΩN; O ANAΓNΩΣTHΣ, MEΣA AΠO TA OIKOΓENEIAKA APXEIA, ΣYMMETEXEI Σ' AYTHN TH ZΩNTANH IΣTOPIA, ΠOY EINAI ΓEMATH ME ΣYNAPΠAΣTIKA "ΣYΓXPONA" ΣTOIXEIA, ΔOΣMENA OMΩΣ ΣTO ΠΛAIΣIO TOY MYKHNAIKOY KOΣ H ANAΠTYΞH TOY EMΠOPIOY, H KATAΣKEYH ENOΣ MEΓAΛOY OΔIKOY ΣYΣTHMATOΣ, H AΠOΞHPANΣH MIAΣ MEΓAΛHΣ ΛIMNHΣ ME ΣHPAΓΓEΣ ΠOY OΔHΓOYN ANAMEΣA AΠO BOYNA ΠPOΣ TH ΘAΛAΣΣA KAI ENAΣ KOΣMOΣ ΣE ANABPAΣMO. O ANABPAΣMOΣ AYTOΣ KINEI TOYΣ XAPAKTHPEΣ. ΠEIPATIKEΣ ΦYΛEΣ THΣ MEΣOΓEIOY -OI ΛAOI THΣ ΘAΛAΣΣAΣ- ΣTOIXEIΩNOYN TIΣ OIKOΓENEIEΣ TΩN ANTPΩN AYTΩN ΓIA EKATONTAΔEΣ XPONIA, AKOΛOYΘΩNTAΣ KOINH ΠOPEIA KAI MOIPA. TΩPA OI ΛAOI THΣ ΘAΛAΣΣAΣ ΣYNAΣΠIZONTAI, AΠEIΛOYN KAI EΠITIΘENTAI TOΣO ΣTHN OIKOΓENEIA OΣO KAI ΣTON IΔIO TO MYKHNAIKO ΠOΛITIΣMO.

578 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2002

About the author

Les Cole's stories have been published since 1954. He is the author of THE SEA KINGS: The Prophecy and LION AT SEA: The Prophecy Continues, the first two volumes in this series. He majored in geology and has a strong background in Aegean archaeology and the American Civil War. He has worked as a chemist, a technical writer, and a technical copywriter who was fired from the major ad agencies in Los Angeles. A dog lover, he lives in Ventura, California, with his wife and cat.

Reviews

[Marina Maidou · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book with difficult historical season, not the usual ancient Greece, but before ancient Greece. The writer gives a rare view to a world where ancient mythology is a reality, where Hercules was not a semi-god but a real man with not just stronge muscles, but also with a strategic mind. If you can get through the unclear title (the sea peoples isn't what you guess as ancient pirates), the begining which is a bit of rut, and the technical informations about the roads in archaic Greece (I enjoyed them, but I'm an infomaniac, it isn't usual!). Especially when you read about Hector's life you immerse in a life very cultural, where woman is almost equal to man, there are ways to search for enslaved people and death is really VERY close to cities than you probably imagined for the country of philosophy.

[Zozoka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ένα συναρπαστικό ταξίδι στη Μυκηναϊκή εποχή, όταν το εμπόριο άνθιζε και η ηγεμονία ήταν δυνατή σε όλο τον τότε γνωστό κόσμο, όταν χτιζόταν δρόμοι με ανεπτυγμένες γνώσεις μηχανικής και υδραυλικής και το μόνο που φοβόντουσαν οι άρχοντες Μυκηναίοι, εκτός από τους Θεούς ήταν... Οι λαοί της θάλασσας, οι πειρατές που λυμαίνονταν τα βασιλεία της ηγεμονίας και λεηλατούσαν δίχως έλεος. Κάπου ανάμεσα στο μύθο και την ιστορία, αυτό το βιβλίο με ταξίδεψε και με αιχμαλώτισε στη σαγήνη της πλοκής του, παρόλη την κακή μετάφραση που δυστυχώς έσπαγε την επιβλητική ατμόσφαιρα του βιβλίου.