Title:
The Trojan War : a very short introduction / Eric H. Cline.
Author:
Cline, Eric H.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Call Number:
DF221 .T8 C54 2013
Abstract:
This introduction considers whether the Trojan war actually took place and whether archaeologists have discovered the site of ancient Troy.
ISBN:
9780199760275
Series:
Very short introductions ; 356
Very short introductions ; 356.
Physical Description:
xviii, 130 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Contents:
pt. I. The Trojan War. The story according to the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Cycle ; The Trojan War in context: Mycenaeans, Hittites, Trojans, and Sea Peoples --
pt. II. Investigating the literary evidence. Homeric questions: did Homer exist and is the Iliad accurate? ; The Hittite texts: Assuwa, Ahhiyawa, and Alaksandu of Wilusa --
pt. III. Investigating the archaeological evidence. Early excavators: Heinrich Schliemann and Wilhelm Dörpfeld ; Returning to Hisarlik: Carl Blegen and Manfred Korfmann.
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