Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History pdf

Eric H. Klein is Professor of Classics and Anthropology, Director of the Capitol Institute of Archeology, and former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He is an archaeologist with a long history of excavation and surveying in many parts of the world. Klein is the author and editor of 19 books that have been translated into 16 languages, most notably “Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archeology” and “Battles of Armageddon.” Klein has won numerous awards for his books, research and teaching.

Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History pdf by Eric H. Klein

The Trojan War, captured forever in Homer’s epic poem the Iliad, resonates to the present day in the popular imagination, and this magnificent confrontation continues to exert a tremendous influence on modern audiences.
But did Troy actually exist? And if so, where is it located? Was the Trojan War actually fought? If it was, did it take place over the course of ten years, as Homer wrote, or was it a much longer series of battles? And why was the war fought? Could Helen’s face alone really have launched a thousand ships?
In this course, esteemed professor Eric H. Cline examines the real history of Troy and delves into the archaeological discoveries (which continue to the present day) that help to answer the questions above. Through an entertaining and incisive analysis of known data, Professor Cline provides a fuller, richer understanding of this historic clash.