Troy
Last War of the Heroic Age
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2014
80 pages
978-1-4728-0130-2 (ISBN)
Description
When Paris, prince of Troy, ran off with Helen, wife of the king of Sparta, it launched the greatest war of the mythic age of Greece. Heroes and gods assembled on both sides, as the combined armies of Greece launched a siege that would last for ten years. During that time, famous heroes, such as Achilles, Ajax, and Hector, would find glory on the battlefield, before being cut down. Others, such as Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Aeneas, would survive the war, only to face even greater challenges afterwards. Thanks to the Iliad of Homer, and numerous other ancient sources, the story of the siege of Troy has survived over 3,000 years. In this new book in the Myths and Legends series, Professor Si Sheppard draws together all of these ancient writings to tell the complete story of the Trojan war, from the flight of the "face that launched a thousand ships" to the great wooden horse that brought the city to bloody ruin.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Reading Age: From 14 years
Illustrations
8 b/w
ISBN-13
978-1-4728-0130-2 (9781472801302)
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Book
03/2014
Osprey Publishing
€21.00
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Persons
Si Sheppard graduated this year with a Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University. He currently teaches American Government at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Thousand Ships
- The Rage of Achilles
- The Wider War
- The Fall of Troy
- Bibliography
- Imprint
