The Egyptians depicted feasts on their tomb walls, giving us a rather detailed look into what the typical Egyptian feast would have involved. Unfortunately, no such pictorial evidence has survived for the Mycenaean world. Recreating a Mycenaean feast means piecing together archaeological remains and textual clues from Homer; the latter is a bit ( Read more... )

Anyone who has ever read Homer knows about the libation; it's essentially the act of tipping out a little wine (or some other fluid such as honey or oil) to honor the gods.   This could either be done at the altar itself, outside on the bare earth, or indoors, in a special vessel or stone channel set in the floor designed to receive the offering; ( Read more... )