Troy c. 1700-1250 BC

Informationen zum Autor Dr Nic Fields started his career as a biochemist before joining the Royal Marines. Having left the military, he went back to university and completed a BA and PhD in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle. He was Assistant Director at the British School in Athens, Greece, and then a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Nic is now a freelance author and researcher based in south-west France. Klappentext Hisarlik is a small place, a sandy stone strewn hillock cut up into gullies and hummocks. Yet its historical significance is immense, for this is the site of Troy - the legendary city whose story sprawls across cultures, time and geography. The tale of the siege of Troy is the greatest secular story ever told, and has captured the imagination of the Western World for some 3,000 years. Although there are many difficulties in using Greek myths, oral traditions and the Homeric epics to reconstruct the Trojan War, this title uses the latest archaeological evidence to reconstruct in detail the fortifications of Troy as well as making more general observations about the possible historical events behind the epics of Homer. Zusammenfassung Hisarlik is a small place, a sandy stone strewn hillock cut up into gullies and hummocks. Yet its historical significance is immense, for this is the site of Troy - the legendary city whose story sprawls across cultures, time and geography. The tale of the siege of Troy is the greatest secular story ever told, and has captured the imagination of the Western World for some 3,000 years. Although there are many difficulties in using Greek myths, oral traditions and the Homeric epics to reconstruct the Trojan War, this title uses the latest archaeological evidence to reconstruct in detail the fortifications of Troy as well as making more general observations about the possible historical events behind the epics of Homer.

Product details

• Authors: Nic Fields, Fields Nic
• Assisted by: Donato Spedaliere (Illustration), Sarah Sulemsohn Spedaliere (Illustration), Sarah Sulemson Spedaliere (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.2004
• EAN: 9781841767031
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-703-1
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 241 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Fortress; Fortress
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Architecture, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, HISTORY / Asia / General, Turkey, Warfare & defence, Ancient World, Ancient History, Asian History, BCE period – Protohistory, Battles and campaigns, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)