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So, yesterday I was watching Troy on SciFi cuz, you know, I was feeling nostalgic for all those post-Gladiator action films that were clunky big budget and didn't use so much CG.

Well there was one off-hand line that I hadn't noticed until this viewing that got me thinking. When discussing wether the Greeks should retreat, Nestor mentions that if the Greeks left, it would make them look weak, and how long before the Hittites invaded.

So, this isn't a question of could the Hittites have invaded. We know they couldn't, and even if they could, they wouldn't because they were more focused on Syria. But instead, this is a question of did the Mycenaean Greeks think that the Hittites could and would invade given the chance? In the same sort of way you hear Americans talking about China invading, did the Bronze Age Greeks fear an Anatolian invasion, possibly as a motivating factor for aggression in the Aegean and consolidation in Ahhiyawa under one of the few High Kings the Hittite Emperor called "Brother"?

I understand this is a highly conjectural question, and I doubt there would be any evidence one way or the other, but what do you think?
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