Troy and Homer - Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery (Hardcover)

In this book Joachim Latacz turns the spotlight of modern research on the much-debated question of whether the wealthy city of Troy described by Homer in the Iliad was a poetic fiction or a memory of historical reality.
Earlier excavations at the hill of Hisarlik, in Turkey, on the Dardanelles, brought no answer, but in 1988 a new archaeological enterprise, under the direction of Manfred Korfmann, led to a radical shift in understanding. Latacz, one of Korfmann's closest collaborators, traces the course of these excavations, and the renewed investigation of the imperial Hittite archives they have inspired. As he demonstrates, it is now clear that the background against which the plot of the Iliad is acted out is the historical reality of the thirteenth century BC. The Troy story as a whole must have arisen in this period, and we can detect traces of it in Homer's great poem.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	February 2005
Authors:	Joachim Latacz
Translators:	Kevin Windle • Rosh Ireland
Dimensions:	224 x 147 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	364
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-926308-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-19-926308-6
Barcode:	9780199263080

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