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Tuesday, April 6, 2021
How Big was the Citadel at Troy?
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The citadel (little city) or acropolis (upper city) at Troy is very famous but not very big. Its outer walls run in the dark area in the map...
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Dares Phrygius on the Fall of Troy
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Troy and the Trojan War were popular in the middle ages, but there was no copy of Homer in the west at that time. Homer came back into west...
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...
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