{"product_id":"troy-and-homer-towards-a-solution-of-an-old-mystery-9780199263080","title":"Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery","description":"In this book Joachim Latacz turns the spotlight of modern research on the much-debated question of whether the wealthy city of Troy described by Homer in the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e was a poetic fiction or a memory of historical reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarlier excavations at the hill of Hisarlik, in Turkey, on the Dardanelles, brought no answer, but in 1988 a new archaeological enterprise, under the direction of Manfred Korfmann, led to a radical shift in understanding. Latacz, one of Korfmann's closest collaborators, traces the course of these\u003cbr\u003eexcavations, and the renewed investigation of the imperial Hittite archives they have inspired. As he demonstrates, it is now clear that the background against which the plot of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e is acted out is the historical reality of the thirteenth century BC. The Troy story as a whole must have arisen\u003cbr\u003ein this period, and we can detect traces of it in Homer's great poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joachim Latacz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 5.76w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199263080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoachim Latacz\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus at the University of Basel and the author of \u003cem\u003eHomer: His Art and His World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39988414808179,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":155.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_24eb08dc-9a16-4c77-8218-03dc60c00bf3.jpg?v=1649771356","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/troy-and-homer-towards-a-solution-of-an-old-mystery-9780199263080","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}