- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson (1 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091799805
- ISBN-13: 978-0091799809
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 935,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bettany Hughes
`It is an epic tale: opposing forces clash; principles, honour,
the future of history itself is at stake. I speak not just of the Trojan
War but of its reception. Is Homer's tale fact or fiction? Allegory or
archaeology? There are two academic camps, and when they meet, things get
bloody. Strauss has chosen to believe. In The Trojan War, he picks over the
ever-expanding textual and artefactual evidence for the Late Bronze Age -
and jigsaw puzzles together a factual account of this heady, gory time.
Imaginative, sympathetic and plausible.'
the future of history itself is at stake. I speak not just of the Trojan
War but of its reception. Is Homer's tale fact or fiction? Allegory or
archaeology? There are two academic camps, and when they meet, things get
bloody. Strauss has chosen to believe. In The Trojan War, he picks over the
ever-expanding textual and artefactual evidence for the Late Bronze Age -
and jigsaw puzzles together a factual account of this heady, gory time.
Imaginative, sympathetic and plausible.'
The Scotsman
Strauss's brilliant interweaving of the mythic and the modern archaeological records makes for exhilarating [...] reading
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Drawing largely from various Ancient examples from the Egyptian, Hittite and Anatolian Kingdoms, Professor Strauss has reconstructed the various tales that combine to create a narrative history of the war between the Greek Kingdoms and Ilium at Troy.
By using the evidence, Strauss illustrates that the story may well have been true - although embellished for dramatic effect. Although the Gods probably didn't play a role as prominent as that ascribed by Homer et al, Strauss fully places the conflict in its historical context, comparing the political and military context.
By using the evidence, Strauss illustrates that the story may well have been true - although embellished for dramatic effect. Although the Gods probably didn't play a role as prominent as that ascribed by Homer et al, Strauss fully places the conflict in its historical context, comparing the political and military context.
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