Troy And The Trojans

Author : Theodor Kallifatides
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590519721

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The Siege of Troy by Theodor Kallifatides Pdf

In this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi occupation. Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war—when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet—army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with King Menelaus of Sparta's wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing. Theodor Kallifatides provides remarkable psychological insight in his version of The Iliad, downplaying the role of the gods and delving into the mindsets of its mortal heroes. Homer's epic comes to life with a renewed urgency that allows us to experience events as though firsthand, and reveals timeless truths about the senselessness of war and what it means to be human.

Author : Carl William Blegen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Trojan War
ISBN : UVA:X000276512

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Troy and the Trojans by Carl William Blegen Pdf

Using material gleaned from the famous Cincinnati Expedition, as well as from his own exhaustive scholarship and fieldwork, Blegen takes us chapter by chapter through seven Troy "settlements," covering the period 3000 to 1000 B.C.

Author : Homer,William Lucas Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3QA2

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The Iliad by Homer,William Lucas Collins Pdf

Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743264426

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The Trojan War by Barry Strauss Pdf

Drawing on archaeological research, an expert account of the famous historical battle confirms many details recounted in Homer's epic account, from Troy's alliance with the Hittite Empire to the significant fire at the end of the twelfth century and facts

Author : Trevor Bryce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134272068

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The Trojans & Their Neighbours by Trevor Bryce Pdf

In this publication – the first to focus on Troy's neighbours and contemporaries – Trevor Bryce unearths the secrets of this ancient city. Fully illustrated with maps, charts and photographs, he explores Troy's involvement in the Iliad.

Author : Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes
Publisher : Graphic Universe ™
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822572183

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The Trojan Horse by Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes Pdf

For ten years, the battle raged. Thousands of ancient Greece's best warriors battled their enemies, the Trojans, in a desperate attempt to win back King Meneleus's beautiful wife, Helen. After a decade of fighting and thousands dead, the Greek forces suddenly fell back. Cautiously the Trojans ventured out of the city walls, where they discovered a giant wooden horse and a messenger. Should they accept this peace offering? Or is the gift horse too good to be true?

Author : Trevor Bryce
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0415349559

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The Trojans and Their Neighbours by Trevor Bryce Pdf

In this publication - the first to focus on Troy's neighbours and contemporaries - Trevor Bryce unearths the secrets of this ancient city. Fully illustrated with maps, charts and photographs, he explores Troy's involvement in the Iliad.

Author : Virgil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Aeneas (Legendary character)
ISBN : 019283584X

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The Aeneid by Virgil Pdf

This translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of Virgil's epic poem, 'The Aeneid'.

Author : Clemence McLaren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780689873973

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Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren Pdf

The events surrounding the famous battle between the Greeks and the Trojans are told from the points of view of two women, the beautiful Helen and the prophetic Cassandra.

Author : Heinrich Schliemann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : OXFORD:590881605

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Ilios by Heinrich Schliemann Pdf

Author : Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes
Publisher : Graphic Universe
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780822564843

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The Trojan Horse by Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes Pdf

In graphic novel format, tells how Greek goddesses began the Trojan War, and how it was ended by the Greeks with an ingenious plan.

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199760275

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The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction by Eric H. Cline Pdf

Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis, and ancient documents, this Very Short Introduction to the Trojan War investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeologists have correctly identified and been excavating the ancient site of Troy, and what has been found there.

Author : Pat Barker
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385546706

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The Women of Troy by Pat Barker Pdf

A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and “one of contemporary literature’s most thoughtful and compelling writers" (The Washington Post). Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean. It does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins to unravel. Old feuds resurface and new suspicions and rivalries begin to fester. Largely unnoticed by her captors, the one time Trojan queen Briseis, formerly Achilles's slave, now belonging to his companion Alcimus, quietly takes in these developments. She forges alliances when she can, with Priam's aged wife the defiant Hecuba and with the disgraced soothsayer Calchas, all the while shrewdly seeking her path to revenge.

Author : Martin M. Winkler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405178549

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Troy by Martin M. Winkler Pdf

This is the first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen’s epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. The first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen’s epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. Examines the film’s use of Homer’s Iliad and the myth of the Trojan War, its presentation of Bronze-Age archaeology, and its place in film history. Identifies the modern political overtones of the Trojan War myth as expressed in the film and explains why it found world-wide audiences. Editor and contributors are archaeologists or classical scholars, several of whom incorporate films into their teaching and research. Includes an annotated list of films and television films and series episodes on the Trojan War. Contains archaeological illustrations of Troy, relevant images of ancient art, and stills from films on the Trojan War.

Author : Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780553494839

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Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff Pdf

For Greek myth fans, those who can’t get enough of the D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, and readers who have aged out of Rick Riordan, this classroom staple and mythology classic is perfect for learning about the ancient myths! As the gods and goddesses of Olympus scheme, the ancient world is thrown into turmoil when Helen, the most beautiful woman in all of Greece, is stolen away by her Trojan love. Inflamed by jealousy, the Greek king seeks lethal vengeance and sends his black war ships to descend on the city of Troy. In the siege that follows, history’s greatest heroes, from Ajax to Achilles to Odysseus, are forged in combat, and the brutal costs of passion, pride, and revenge must be paid. In the end, the whims of the gods, the cunning of the warriors, and a great wooden horse will decide who emerges victorious. Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time and Rosemary Sutcliff's retelling of the classic saga embodies all of the astonishing drama, romance, and intrigue of ancient Greece. Don’t miss The Wanderings of Odysseus, the companion to Black Ships Before Troy, and follow Odysseus on his adventure home. This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 6-8, Stories) in Appendix B.