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Monday, March 29, 2021
Legends of Troy: Troy Game, Troy Dance
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A few notes on what are known as the Troy Game and the Troy Dance. For the most part, a Troy Game is a Roman military exercise known as a l...
Sunday, March 21, 2021
A Few Notes on the Destruction of Troy
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There are several stories about the destruction of Troy. I will recite a few here and in future blog posts. I am especially interested in ...
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Comparing the Aeneid and the Excidium Troiae
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After looking at the Excidium Troiae , I decided to examine the Aeneid , which is its main source. Virgil wrote this in the late first cent...
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Notes on the Excidium Troiae
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The Excidium Troiae [Destruction of Troy] (also known as the Rawlinson Excidium Troiae ) is a short, anonymous Medieval manuscript that tell...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Legends of Troy: Roman and other European Lineages
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Here is an old reference to Brutus of Troy , in a work published in 1287. Historia Destructionis Troiae by Guido dele Colonne, translated b...
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Raising Horses in the plain of Troy
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Charles Maclaren wrote a lot about ancient Troy's alleged horses. Speaking of one of Priam 's ancestors, [Homer] says, “ Dardanus...
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Sunday, February 28, 2021
The Kalifat problem deepens
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I wrote two months ago about the fact that old maps of the plain of Troy place Kalifat in the center of the plain, rather than at the foot ...
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