thousand years ago- or a historic fact at the centre of the most famous quarrel ever? The Illiad is the ancient tale of a mighty city called Troy that lay at the edge of Asia Minor whose prince abducted Helen‚ the most beautiful woman of all time‚ from the king of Greek Sparta‚ causing the Greeks to send an army in a thousand ships to attack and lay siege to Troy for 10 years. Historians have long doubted the credibility of Homer as a reliable historical source. However evidence has been uncovered by
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hiding in a big wooden horse to sneak into the great city of Troy‚ but did it really happen? The story was originally told by Homer‚ a great Greek poet‚ during a time when society considered everything he wrote to be absolute fact and regarded it like a history book (Stewart 20-21). In the 4th and 5th centuries‚ many Christian theorists became quizzical of what the ancient people considered fact (Stewart 23-24). Many believe that Troy did exist and have gone and excavated to investigate if they could
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anti-war literature. This is true in some respects‚ though ultimately misleading. It is true in that the Iliad portrays war in a completely unvarnished way. Its battle scenes are disgusting and brutal. The Iliad leaves little doubt that the capture of Troy will result in widespread murder‚ theft‚ and the enslavement of its women and children. At the same time‚ however‚ it portrays war as an almost inevitable part of human life. Whereas modern day is not that different from the Iliad due to the battle
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with his discoveries. These books later on proved to have some historical truth in them. SOURCES Schliemann was fascinated by the story his dad had told him about the city of troy when he was a little boy. Schliemann said that this awoke the hunger in him to search for archaeological proof of the existence of the city of Troy‚ Tiryns and Mycenae. There are two main sources used to find and know about the Trojan wars‚ one of those sources are homer’s book the lliad witch was written in some time in
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is notorious for chasing Homer’s description of Troy. It was a childhood dream for him to find the ruins of the marvelous city. During Schliemann’s search for the vast city of Troy‚ he discovered numerous of cities‚ jewels‚ and unearthed tombs that were full of gold. With each one of the objects that he unearthed‚ Schliemann was able to associate it with a verse from Homer’s Iliad. He knew every line from the Iliad‚ and used it as a guide to find Troy. Even though his discoveries were absolutely jaw
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According to our classic knowledge; there are lots of types of women and men. If we degrade those types of woman characteristics to number of two there will be in our pocket the woman who is struggle for her family and diabolic woman characteristic. In Trojan War first characteristic is more suitable for the Andromache and the second characteristic is for the Helene. All the Trojan War occurred because of Helene and Paris’s love fault. In this situation Helene represents the woman’s passionate characteristic
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until he couldn’t any more. The Iliad takes place in the city of Troy‚ where Beowulf was born‚ where many of his people looked up to him as a warrior. Beowulf’s bravery stood out to them as well as his strength. The king wanted Beowulf to fight Grendel’s mom‚ and Beowulf decided to fight without a sword. Most certainly‚ Beowulf does show some heroic signs in the book. He is a very brave man and cares about the people‚ and the city of Troy. It occurred to Beowulf that had a sense of obligation to fight
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sources suggesting the Trojan War is real are in scarce amounts‚ the main source is Homers ‘Iliad’. Homers ‘Iliad’ describes Troy as a great city upon a hill across the plain of Scamander where the great battle took place‚ a city defended by mighty walls and towers with temples for Athena and Apollo. This information was used by Archaeologists to find the illusive city of Troy. Homers ‘Iliad’ also describes the great leaders of the Trojan War such as Agamemnon and Priam. Agamemnon the leader of the
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Ernest Schliemann and his mother was Luise Therese Sophie who died when Schliemann was only a child aged 9. During his childhood Heinrich’s father taught him of the tales of Troy‚ Homers Iliad and Odyssey. This sparked Schliemann’s interest of Troy. He claimed that at the age of 8 he announced he was to one day excavate Troy. As a child Schliemann attended a grammar school for a short period of time‚ later on his father was blamed of stealing church funds and was fired. The lack of income meant
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In 1871‚ German archaeologist Heinrech Schliemann excavated a site in North-western Turkey‚ understood to have been the ancient city of Troy. Schliemann’s archaeological discoveries provided substantial evidence in that the city of Troy existed‚ and that Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were factual accounts of the Trojan War. Through critical examination and investigation of prominent theories regarding the legend‚ it is evident that the Trojan War occurred‚ though not as described by Homer‚ however the
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