The Trojan War
- ISBN-10
- 031332526X
- ISBN-13
- 9780313325267
- Series
- The Trojan War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 209
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Carol G. Thomas, Craig Conant
Description
Presents a history of Troy and an overview of late Bronze Age Aegean culture, discussing archaeological artifacts from the period, Homer and the composition of his epic poems, and the twentieth-century view of the Trojan War.
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