Archaeology and Ancient History of Homer's Trojan War
Scholarly investigations of the ancient Greek bard Homer have included both archaeology and ancient history, probing into the location and possibility that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were truly based on history.
Heinrich Schliemann, that quintessential archaeologist of the 19th century, claimed to have discovered the real site of Troy. But did he?
Literary questions on Homer with answers from Milman Parry, Alfred Lord and Internet experts, and your About Guide to Ancient History, N.S. Gill.
Schleimann believed that the site of Hisarlik was in fact the ancient city of Troy. But was he right? A description of the archaeological evidence at Hisarlik.
The basics of Homer's Trojan Tale of the Iliad. From N.S. Gill, About's guide to Ancient History.
Did Homer invent a whole new writing system in Greece? No--but the method by which the ancient written forms of Greek are being decoded makes fascinating reading.
Our world could scarcely be more different from The Odyssey's. It's not so much that gods walked and talked among mortals--although today there are sometimes dire consequences for people claiming to hear divine voices, but a difference in cultural norms. From N.S. Gill, About's guide to Ancient History.
Homer's classic tales of war and civilization the Iliad and the Odyssey are set in the culture that archaeologists call the Mycenaean. Here's a description of the Mycenaeans and how they lived their lives.
The history of the changing political climate of Greece, from N.S. Gill, About's guide to Ancient History.
