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1181 BC—Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade earlier and during the Trojan War (see 1190s BC ).
The 1180s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1180, and ended on December 31, 1189. Events. 1180. By place. Byzantine Empire. September 24 – Emperor Manuel I ( Komnenos) dies after a 37-year reign at Constantinople.
1180 BC: the last Kassite King, Anllil-nadin-akhe, is defeated by the Elamites. 1180 BC: collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa.
1194 BC —The beginning of the legendary Trojan War. c. 1192 BC — Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty, dies in the fifty-ninth year of his reign, and is succeeded by his son Zu Geng. 1191 BC — Menestheus, legendary King of Athens, dies during the Trojan War after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus ...
1186 BC — End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty. 1184 BC, April 24 — Traditional date of the fall of Troy. 1181 BC — Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son...
Elements of 1180s BC Greece (such as the Greeks being called “Achaean” rather than Greek) sit side by side with elements contemporary to Homer (such as the Achaeans wearing 800s BC armor). The historicity of the Trojan War frequently comes up in discussion of The Iliad.
