 Due to the information offered by the Greek epics and especially by Homer 's epics , the Iliad and Odyssey , this time period of Greek history was regarded as a period of warrior @-@ heroes who led various military campaigns in Greece and adjacent areas . The picture of the Mycenaean Greeks in the Homeric Epics is one of a quarrelsome people and of a warrior élite to whom personal honor was the highest value . 
