The Fall of Mycenaean Greece and the Trojan War
Tides of History
The Mycenaean Palaces
Palaces were imposing complexes, not just single buildings with massive fortification walls built in a style known as cyclopy and masonry. The ruler who presumably lived in the palace was known in the linear B texts as guanax, which is usually translated as king. A related term shows up in Homer, anax, and it seems to mean something like war. Below the king was a figure known as the Nawaghetas, whose function isn't entirely clear but may have been military. Priests and high status warriors were all landowners who held estates and owned enslaved people that could be granted or presumably taken away by the Wannachs.
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