The Trojan War: a very short introduction

Abstract

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Trojan War 1 The story according to the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Cycle 2 The war in historical context: Mycenaeans, Hittites, Trojans, and Sea Peoples Part II. Investigating the Literary Evidence 3 Homeric questions: Did Homer exist and is the Iliad accurate? 4 The Hittite texts: Assuwa, Ahhiyawa, and Alaksandu of Wilusa Part III. Investigating the archaeological evidence 5 Early excavators: Heinrich Schliemann and Wilhelm Dorpfeld 6 Returning to Hisarlik: Carl Blegen and Manfred Korfmann Epilogue Glossary: Characters and Places References Further reading Index