The Real City of Troy

A Mound that Probably Contains a City is Clearly Visible in the Plain of Troy Today

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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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