The Present Past — Was The Trojan Horse Real?

Why War Propaganda Always Works

In the 2004 film Troy, Brad Pitt plays a very pretty and very deadly Achilles. In Homer’s telling of the Trojan war, it started because the Trojan prince Paris stole the wife (Helen) of the Spartan king Menelaus. In reality, the war was probably fought for control of marine traffic entering the only entrance to...

The Present Past — Was The Trojan Horse Real?

Was The Trojan Horse Real? Sources: Anderson, Michael J. The Fall of Troy in Early Greek Poetry and Art. Oxford Classical Monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Carter, Jane B., and Sarah P. Morris, eds. The Ages of Homer: A Tribute to Emily Townsend Vermeule. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. Hogue, Shannon LaFayette. "The Trojan War, a Trojan War, or Some Trojan Wars? Considering the Historicity of the Trojan War." In Brill's Compan…

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