The Trojan War was waged, according to Greek mythology, against the city of Troy by the armies of the Achaeans (Mycenaean Greeks), after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in...
VINNY DiTRANI, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-18-1996 THE TROJAN WAR -- GIANTS' SEHORN VS. JETS' JOHNSON USC STARS FINALLY COLLIDE By VINNY DiTRANI, Staff Writer Date: 08-18-1996, Sunday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Notes: EARLY EDITIONS ONLY ...
The Trojan War. By Carol G. Thomas and Craig Conant. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005. Pp. xvii, 209. $45.00.) The very choice of the Trojan War as one of the subjects in this Greenwood series is a statement of ambiguous meaning. On the...
10: JasonJason was forced to embark on his famous quest for the Golden Fleece as a prerequisite for becoming the king of a Greek city. The Fleece was located in a region of the Black Sea, and Jason found it after an epic voyage on...
Charles Mee’s plays are like literary Frankensteins. He rips apart ancient Greek tragedies, stitches in snippets from blogs, the evening news and Kelly Clarkson songs, then jolts them with his own prose until they’re ready to stagger, or rather dance, on Off Broadway stages. Mr....
Archaeologists in recent years have unearthed evidence that the Trojan War, depicted in Homer's The Iliad, actually took place during the late Bronze Age. An overview of these archaeological investigations describes the methods used to extract the artifacts, the findings from those artifacts, and how those findings support Homer's writings.
Various Archaeologists have made their own contribution to our knowledge of Troy and the possible occurrence of the Trojan War. Schliemann is one such archaeologist who made a significant contribution to our knowledge of Troy. Dörpfeld was another important contributor to the story of Troy, and the possibility of the Trojan War. Carl Blegen's work at Troy has contributed significantly to the information we have.
