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The Trojan War
Date Submitted: 03/12/2001 19:53:32
Category: / History / World History
Length: 6 pages (1519 words)
Category: / History / World History
Length: 6 pages (1519 words)
Most information that the world has today that deals with the history of ancient Greece is in the literature from the time. Great epics such as the Iliad and The Odyssey, from the unknown poet Homer, make up most of the literature that has even been found from this era. The problem with getting history from literary sources is that when Homer first recited his Iliad he was actually trying to entertain, so all of …
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…but these people have helped present historians to dig deeper in to the mystery that is the Trojan War.
Bibliography:
Blegen, Carl Williams. Troy and the Trojans. New York: Praeger, 1963.
Homer. Iliad. Trans. Martin Hammond. Middlesex: Penguin, 1987.
Geras, Adele. Troy. Orlando: Harcourt P, 2001.Homer, et al. The Odyssey. New York: Penguin, 1999.
Foxhall, Lin. et al. The Trojan War: Its Historicity and Context. Bristol, 1984.
Mellink, M.J. et al. Troy and the Trojan War. Bryn Wawr, 1986.
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