▁Phil ost r atus ▁the ▁Young er , ▁and ▁the ▁Descri ptions ▁of ▁Call istr atus . ▁ ▁Finally , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁By z antine ▁Greek ▁writers ▁provide ▁important ▁details ▁of ▁myth , ▁much ▁derived ▁from ▁earlier ▁now ▁lost ▁Greek ▁works . ▁These ▁pres er vers ▁of ▁myth ▁include ▁Arn ob ius , ▁H es ych ius , ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁S uda , ▁John ▁T zet zes , ▁and ▁E ust ath ius . ▁They ▁often ▁treat ▁myth ology ▁from ▁a ▁Christian ▁moral izing ▁perspective . ▁ ▁Arch ae ological ▁sources ▁ ▁The ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁My c ena e an ▁civil ization ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁amateur ▁arch ae ologist ▁Heinrich ▁Sch li emann ▁in ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁and ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁M ino an ▁civil ization ▁in ▁Cre te ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁arch ae ologist ▁Arthur ▁Evans ▁in ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁helped ▁to ▁explain ▁many ▁existing ▁questions ▁about ▁H omer ' s ▁ep ics ▁and ▁provided ▁arch ae ological ▁evidence ▁for ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁myth ological ▁details ▁about ▁gods ▁and ▁hero es . ▁Unfortunately , ▁the ▁evidence ▁about ▁myth s ▁and ▁rit uals ▁at ▁My c ena e an ▁and ▁M ino an ▁sites ▁is ▁entirely ▁monument al , ▁as ▁the ▁Linear ▁B ▁script ▁( an ▁ancient ▁form ▁of ▁Greek ▁found ▁in ▁both ▁Cre te ▁and ▁main land ▁Greece ) ▁was ▁used ▁mainly ▁to ▁record ▁invent ories , ▁although ▁certain ▁names ▁of ▁gods ▁and ▁hero es ▁have ▁been ▁tent atively ▁identified .