The Last Trojan Hero
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The Last Trojan Hero
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Author : Philip Hardie
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-30
The Last Trojan Hero written by Philip Hardie and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
The resonant opening lines of Virgil's Aeneid rank among the most famous and consistently recited verses to have been passed down to later ages by antiquity. And after The Odyssey and the Iliad, Virgil's masterpiece is arguably the greatest classical text in the whole of Western literature. This sinuous and richly characterised epic vitally influenced th poetry of Dante, Petrarch and Milton. The doomed love of Dido and Aeneas inspired Purcell, while for T.S. Eliot Virgil's poem was 'the classic of all Europe'. The poet's stirring tale of a refugee Trojan prince, 'torn from Libyan waves' to found a new homeland in Italy, has provided much fertile material for writings on colonialism and for discourses of ethic and national identity. The Aeneid has even been viewed as a template and source of justification for British and European imperialisms and for American nation-building. In his major and much anticipated new book Philip Hardie explores the many remarkable afterlives- ancient, medieval and modern- of the Aeneid in literature, music, politics, the visual arts and film. The Last Trojan Hero, by one of Virgil's leading interpreters, put continually fresh and surprising perspectives on one of the outstanding works of civilization. Placing the Aeneid on a broad artistic and historical canvas, it shows with elegance, originality and creative insight how and in what ways this remarkably durable text continues so powerfully to capture the cultural imagination and why it still speaks to us over a gulf of centuries.
The Last Trojan Hero
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Author : Philip R. Hardie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Last Trojan Hero written by Philip R. Hardie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Electronic books categories.
'I sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores.' The resonant opening lines of Virgil's 'Aeneid' rank among the most famous and consistently recited verses to have been passed down to later ages by antiquity. And after the 'Odyssey' and the 'Iliad', Virgil's masterpiece is arguably the greatest classical text in the whole of Western literature. This sinuous and richly characterised epic vitally influenced the poetry of Dante, Petrarch and Milton. The doomed love of Dido and Aeneas inspired Purcell, while for T.S. Eliot Virgil's poem was 'the classic of all Europe'. The poet's stirring tale of a refugee Trojan prince, 'torn from Libyan waves' to found a new homeland in Italy, has provided much fertile material for writings on colonialism and for discourses of ethnic and national identity. The 'Aeneid' has even been viewed as a template and a source of philosophical justification for British and American imperialism and adventurism. In his major new book Philip Hardie explores the many remarkable afterlives - ancient, medieval and modern - of the 'Aeneid' in literature, music, politics, the visual arts and film -- Dust jacket.
The Trojan War
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Author : Barry S. Strauss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Trojan War written by Barry S. Strauss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Trojan War categories.
The Trojan War is one of history's most famous conflicts, a ten-year-long war waged over the beautiful Helen. For more than two thousand years this story has been a source of artistic inspiration. But is it true? In The Trojan War historian and classicist Barry Strauss explores the myth and the reality behind the war, from Homer's accounts in The Iliad and The Odyssey to Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of ancient Troy in the late nineteenth century to more recent excavations that have yielded intriguing clues to the story behind the fabled city. The Trojans, it turns out, were not ethnic Greeks but an Anatolian people closely allied with the Hittite Empire to the east. At the time of the Trojan War the Greeks were great seafarers while Troy was a more settled civilization. And while the cause of the war may well have been the kidnapping of a queen-and, more significantly, the seizure of her royal dowry-the underlying cause was a conflict between the Trojans and the Greeks for control of the eastern Aegean Sea. Through vivid reconstructions of the battles and insightful depictions of its famous characters, The Trojan War reveals the history behind Homer's great epic, without losing the poetry and grandeur of the epic myth. Book jacket.
Story Of The Trojan War An Epitome From Classic Writers Of Incidents Actions And Events Before At And After The Siege Of Troy Etc
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Author : Trojan War
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
Story Of The Trojan War An Epitome From Classic Writers Of Incidents Actions And Events Before At And After The Siege Of Troy Etc written by Trojan War and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with categories.
The Trojan Horse
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Author : Justine Fontes
language : en
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
Release Date : 2006-08-01
The Trojan Horse written by Justine Fontes and has been published by Graphic Universe ™ this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
For ten years, the battle raged. Thousands of ancient Greece's best warriors battled their enemies, the Trojans, in a desperate attempt to win back King Meneleus's beautiful wife, Helen. After a decade of fighting and thousands dead, the Greek forces suddenly fell back. Cautiously the Trojans ventured out of the city walls, where they discovered a giant wooden horse and a messenger. Should they accept this peace offering? Or is the gift horse too good to be true?
In Search Of The Trojan War
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Author : Michael Wood
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-05-14
In Search Of The Trojan War written by Michael Wood and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-14 with History categories.
For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen remain some of the most enduring figures in art and literature. But did these titanic characters really walk the earth? Was there ever an actual siege of Troy? In this extensively revised edition, historian Michael Wood takes account of the latest dramatic developments in the search for Troy. His wide-ranging study of the complex archaeological, literary and historical records has been brought up-to-date. Detailing the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988, which continues to yield new evidence about the historical city, In Search of the Trojan War takes a fresh look at some of the most excited discoveries in archaeology. A dazzling and exhaustive analysis. Washington Post This beautifully illustrated book vividly evokes themes that are central to our civilizations quest for its past. The New York Times Book Review
The Trojan War
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Author : Chris Ray
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-07-14
The Trojan War written by Chris Ray and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-14 with categories.
A realistic and gritty rendition of Trojan War, written from the viewpoint of Iphidaimos - the last surviving combatant and the only man who knows the truth behind the war.
The Story Of Troy
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Author : Michael Clarke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
The Story Of Troy written by Michael Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Epic poetry, Greek categories.
The Trojan War
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Author : bernard evslin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
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The Trojan War
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Author : Carol G. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2007
The Trojan War written by Carol G. Thomas and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Surveys the historical underpinnngs of the Heroic Age in ancient Greek tradition.