Thompson, Diane P., The Trojan War: Literature and legends from the Bronze Age to the present (North Carolina, London 2004).THOMPSON, Diane P.. The Trojan War - literature and legends from the Bronze Age to the present. Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 2004....
It was time to leave Mycenae and the dead behind but, just as Orpheus could not help but turn to seek Eurydice at the gates of the Underworld, we also felt the need to turn around for one final glance at the magnificent entrance of the Treasury of Atreus. The light outside the ‘Trea...
Trojan War Literature 作者: Source Wikipedia / Books, LLC 编 出版社: Books LLC, Wiki Series副标题: Teichoscopy, Oresteia, Heroides, Troy Series: Characters, Iphigenia in Tauris, Troilus and Cressida, the Trojan Women出版年: 2011-9页数: 36...
to the problem we have with defining what the Trojan War actually is. Homer's Trojan War could not have possibly happened as it is laid out in the Iliad and the Odyssey. There are jarring incongruities between what happens in his epics, and what happened in that period of Greek history...
The most important literary sources are the two epic poems traditionally credited toHomer, theIliadand theOdyssey, composed sometime between the ninth and sixth centuries BC.[3]Each poem narrates only a part of the war. TheIliadcovers a short period in the last year of the siege ofTroy, ...
“The Iliad” narrates the events of the Trojan War, focusing on the hero Achilles, while “The Odyssey” follows the adventures of Odysseus on his journey home after the war. These epic works are foundational to Western literature and provide insights into ancient Greek culture and mythology....
Some Greek leaders of the Trojan War come to mind immediately, while others take longer. Read for a list of the Achaean forces and their leaders, as well as some short bios.
The Odyssey is an epic poem attributed to Homer that tells the tale of the hero Odysseus's attempts to return home to Ithaca after the end of the 10 year Trojan War. The recounting of his adventures after the war are intermixed with what is currently happening in the po...
medieval relating to the Middle Ages in Europe, a period from about A.D. 500 to 1500 epic long poem about legendary or historical heroes, written in a grand style romance in medieval literature, a tale based on legend, love, and adventure, often set in a distant place or time ...