The War Of Troy

Author : Quintas of Quintas of Smryna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806148168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War at Troy written by Quintas of Quintas of Smryna and published by . This book was released on 1968-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quintus' epic, written probably in the third century after Christ, is the only extant literary work from antiquity that gives a connected account of the events of the Trojan War. It tells what happened to Achilles and to Troy, and of the fatal enterprises of the Queen of the Amazons and the King of Ethiopia, the funeral games held in honor of Achilles, the victory of Odysseus in his contest with Aias, the death of Paris, the strategy of the wooden horse, and the capture and sack of Troy.

Author : Lindsay Clarke
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312336578
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War at Troy written by Lindsay Clarke and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The War at Troy breathes vigorous new life into the myths of Homer's Illiad, skillfully rejuvenating Paris and Helen, Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, Achilles, Odysseus and Hector in this startingly contemporary drama of the passions. Here two powerful generations of men and women live out their destinies in the timeless zone where myth and history intersect, and where quarrels among immortal gods mirror the conflicts of the human heart. This imaginative retelling will surely benefit from the renewed interest in this classic tale (the movie "Troy" starring Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom lands in May 2004).

Author : Theodor Kallifatides
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590519728
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Troy written by Theodor Kallifatides and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Lindsay Clarke
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008371091
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Return from Troy (The Troy Quartet, Book 4) written by Lindsay Clarke and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PART FOUR OF THE TROY QUARTET Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there.

Author : Homer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.A2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iliad written by Homer and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barry B. Powell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War at Troy written by Barry B. Powell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE WAR AT TROY: A TRUE HISTORY. Tells the story of the entire saga based on ancient sources with a humorous tongue-in-cheek tone. Fascinating and a great source for what the ancients actually said about the course of this most famous war.

Author : Robert Graves
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795336470
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Siege and Fall of Troy written by Robert Graves and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of I, Claudius reimagines the Trojan War for the young reader. “The writing is clear, straightforward, and, in places, poetic” (Kirkus Reviews). The Iliad has it all: war, corruption, greed, power, and the passions of both gods and men. In this detailed retelling, Robert Graves draws the major characters of this timeless classic in broad, gritty strokes, making Agamemnon, Paris, Odysseus, and others accessible for young readers. Written with a younger audience in mind, The Siege and Fall of Troy is nevertheless exhaustively researched and compelling enough to be of interest to both students of history and adult readers. With humor, wit, and energy, Graves is expert at weaving a story based on exhaustive scholarly research and deep imaginative prowess.

Author : Elena Kocaqi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781095529942
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War of Troy written by Elena Kocaqi and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book treats the Trojan War from historical aspect separated from myths. There are enough historical facts to treat it in this way because the ancient authors have written a lot about this war. Helena the queen of Sparta or knows as Helen of Troy could have been a reason for this war but in fact she was not the real cause of it, because Achaeans killed before the king of Troy, Laomedon and took in slavery the princes of Troy, Hesiona. So, all this conflict lasted for 30 years from the death of Laomedon, to the fall of Troy. According to Dares of Phrygia a testimony of the war the war itself lasted 10 years, six months and 12 days and brought more than 1.5 million deaths and also thousands of injured people. So for the dimension of time, space and casualties it has the features of and world war. In this book is treated the origin of tribes that participated in this war both from Trojans and Achaeans camps. The origin of those tribes was from Pelasgian and Illyrians that were the oldest people that have inhabited that part of Europe and Asia Minor. So we have had a Dardan dynasty in Troy that had links also with Dardans of Illyria( Kosovo today). The Phrygians of Troy were tribes that emigrated according to ancient authors from region around Epidamnus or Durres of today Albania. Almost all tribes of Troy had links with tribes known in history as Illyrians. All the dynasties of Achaeans with the most important kings as Agamemnon and Menelaus, were ancestors from Pelops of Phrygia and were from the same origin as were the Phrygians too, so Illyrians. The Achaeans population was of Pelasgian origin. The ethic of Trojan war is found all in the Albanian canonical law and today that preserves very well the laws of that time in hospitality, loyalty, blood feud, the non violation of victims, the non removal of armature after death, the pledge and oath, costumes that are inherited from the Pelasgians and Illyrians. For this book are seen only the ancient authors and especially two authors that wrote for it, as Dicty of Crete that participated in war with Achaeans and also Dares of Phrygia that participated with Trojans. Homer is seen only as third source together with all historical sources of antiquity. This book for the first time brings the real origin of the Achaeans that are called after as Greeks when in fact they never called themselves as Greeks. Greek is called according to Aristotle a tribe in Pelasgian Dodona of Epirus, where Albanian Tosk dialect is formed and is today the official language of Albania. So Greek tribe is also linked with Albanians of Epirus that were called as Pelasgians Tosk before 2500 years and are called and Tosks Albanians and today. Historians until now instead to find the real Greeks have invented them. So, it must be reconsidered according to fact all history of antiquity . This was not a war between Greeks and Trojans but between Acheans and Trojans or between tribes known in history as Pelasgian and Illyrians.

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199760276
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction written by Eric H. Cline and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743264428
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trojan War written by Barry Strauss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-08-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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