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One other thing that he doesn't mention but I think is worth mentioning.
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Many a scholar are very reluctant to admit
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that there's any Mycenaean stuff here,
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although they cannot fail to concede
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that some of the physical implements that are found
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at Mycenaean sites are precisely like what Homer says.
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But I think you can go a little bit beyond that.
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Some scholars have pointed out that in Book II of the Iliad
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in the section that we call, "The Catalog of Ships,"
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The poet lays out just exactly how many warships
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came to Troy fromGreece, and just exactly how many came from each town.
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And the names of the towns that are listed in that catalog of ships,