This is a study of the origins of classical greek mythology in the mycenaean era which preceded the era of homer hesiod and the dramatists by several hundred years separated by a dark age in the 19th century the comparative school explained greek mythology in terms of parallels with other mythologies such as the celtic germanic and indian this was counterpoised by a euhemerist school which tried to find historical basis for all mythological incidents nilsson who wrote in the . Mycenaean origin of greek mythology nilsson studied the geographical aspects of the greek myths he proved that almost without exception the places in the myths especially those in the great. The mycenaean origin of greek mythology by nilsson martin p martin persson 1874 1967 publication date 1972 topics civilization mycenaean mythology greek publisher berkeley university of california press collection inlibrary printdisabled trent university internetarchivebooks digitizing sponsor kahle austin foundation contributor internet archive language english xv 258 p 22 . The mycenaean origin of greek mythology nilsson studied the geographical aspects of the greek myths he proved that almost without exception the places in the myths especially those in the