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Archaeology and the Iliad, the Trojan War in Homer and history, Eric H. Cline

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Archaeology and the Iliad, the Trojan War in Homer and history, Eric H. Cline

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Archaeology and the Iliad

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Eric H. Cline

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The modern scholar

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the Trojan War in Homer and history

Summary

George Washington University professor, Eric Cline examines the real history of Troy and delves into archaeological discoveries. Through his analysis of known data, Cline provides a fuller, richer understanding of this historic clash

Table Of Contents

The tale of the Trojan War : introduction and overview -- The Mycenaeans -- The Hittites -- The sea peoples and the end of the late Bronze Age -- Greek literary evidence for the Trojan War and its sequence of events -- The Homeric question : Bronze Age or Iron Age? -- Hittite literary evidence for Troy : the Mycenaeans and the Trojan War -- Heinrich Schliemann and the city of Troy -- Priam's treasure -- Wilhelm Dörpfeld and the city of Troy VI -- Carl Blegen and the city of Troy VIIa -- Manfred Korfmann and the results of recent excavations -- Possible motivations and dates for a Trojan War -- Did the Trojan War take place>

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