The Trojan War in Homer and History - Recorded Books
The Trojan War in Homer and History - Recorded Books
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LECTURE SIX<br />
Questions<br />
1. What is an example of anachronism found <strong>in</strong> <strong>Homer</strong>?<br />
2. What aspects of <strong>Homer</strong>’s story are accurate reflections of the Late<br />
Bronze Age?<br />
Suggested Read<strong>in</strong>g<br />
FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING<br />
Wood, Michael. In Search of the <strong>Trojan</strong> <strong>War</strong>. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of<br />
California Press, 1998.<br />
Other <strong>Books</strong> of Interest<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ley, Moses I. <strong>The</strong> World of Odysseus. New York: Pengu<strong>in</strong> <strong>Books</strong>, 1979.<br />
Hesiod. Hesiod, the <strong>Homer</strong>ic Hymns <strong>and</strong> <strong>Homer</strong>ica. Selections from the Epic<br />
Cycle. Ed. Glen W. Most. Trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Cambridge, MA:<br />
Harvard University Press, 1981.<br />
<strong>Homer</strong>. <strong>The</strong> Iliad. Trans. Robert Fagels. Intro. <strong>and</strong> notes Bernard Knox. New<br />
York: Pengu<strong>in</strong>, 1998.<br />
———. <strong>The</strong> Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagels. Intro. <strong>and</strong> notes Bernard Knox.<br />
New York: Pengu<strong>in</strong>, 1999.<br />
Latacz, Joachim. Troy <strong>and</strong> <strong>Homer</strong>: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery.<br />
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.<br />
Page, Denys L. <strong>History</strong> <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Homer</strong>ic Iliad. Berkeley: University of<br />
California Press, 1959.<br />
Thomas, Carol G., ed. <strong>Homer</strong>’s <strong>History</strong>: Mycenaean or Dark Age? New York:<br />
Holt, R<strong>in</strong>ehart <strong>and</strong> W<strong>in</strong>ston, 1977.<br />
Journal Articles<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ley, M.I., et al. “<strong>The</strong> <strong>Trojan</strong> <strong>War</strong>.” Journal of Hellenic Studies, 84 (1964),<br />
1–20.<br />
Thomas, Carol G. “Search<strong>in</strong>g for the Historical <strong>Homer</strong>.” Archaeology<br />
Odyssey, 1/1 (1998), 26–33, 70.<br />
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