Cline, Eric H.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
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Part of the series Very short introductions 356;Very short introductions 356.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Pt. 1. The Trojan War. The story according to the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Cycle — The war in historical context : Mycenaeans, Hittites, Trojans, and Sea Peoples.
• Pt. 2. Investigating the literary evidence. Homeric questions : did Homer exist and is the Iliad accurate? — The Hittite texts : Assuwa, Ahhiyawa, and Alaksandu of Wilusa.
• Pt. 3. Investigating the archaeological evidence. Early excavators : Heinrich Schliemann and Wilhelm Dorpfeld — Returning to Hisarlik : Carl Blegen and Manfred Korfmann.
• This introduction considers whether the Trojan war actually took place and whether archaeologists have discovered the site of ancient Troy.

Subjects:

• Troy (Extinct city)
• Trojan War.
• Turkey — Antiquities.
• Excavations (Archaeology) — Turkey — Troy (Extinct city)
• Greece — Civilization — To 146 B.C.

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