Yeah, Just. The Philistines were Hellenic members of the Sea People confederation which landed in Canaan c 1155 BC. While this certainly precedes the age of Greek literature I scanned this chart out of a book called "Ancient Israel" edited by Israeli archaeologist Amnon Ben Tor. Its from a section written by Amihai Mazar and compares Myceneaen and Philistine pottery motifs.
![[Image: potterymotif.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i4.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy108%2Frschilla%2Fresearch%2Fpotterymotif.jpg)
The first column is Myceneaen and the second is Philistine and it is pretty apparent how similar they are. As the Mycenaeans went out about the time the Philistines showed up the continuity is fairly obvious.
We can quibble about the 450 date. The Greeks came rolling through in 332. Prior to that they were loyal to Persia.
The first column is Myceneaen and the second is Philistine and it is pretty apparent how similar they are. As the Mycenaeans went out about the time the Philistines showed up the continuity is fairly obvious.
We can quibble about the 450 date. The Greeks came rolling through in 332. Prior to that they were loyal to Persia.
