by James
The Trojan War is an epic tale that has been credited to a man named Homer. The tale is mainly about a battle fought over a woman named Helen and the war itself lasted around ten years. In the epic the Trojan War kind of introduces the main hero Odysseus and about his journey. Odysseus fought in the war alongside the king of Sparta in order to recapture Helen from Paris. The Trojan war is a heroic tale that has some truth behind it as well as being an entertaining tale of heroic action, courage, and brain power.
The Trojan war may have some truth behind it as most epics do. Since the original tale was sung around 1200 BC but only written around 800 to 700 BC. There are only three remaining original text of the story reaming to this day. A German adventure in 1870 decided to look into the story further and found out of was an actual event that happened in history. The name of the explorer was Heinrich Schliemann who decided to look at Hisarlik, located in northwestern Turkey. There they discovered a ruin of a city that was buried underneath 9 other cities that were scorched by fires dating back to around 1000 BC. When it says 9 cities on top of each other they just mean that a city was built over the previous one. Among the scorched ruins they also discover pottery and architecture that match historical documents. All this supports some evidence of the war actually taking place. Although this expedition took a lot of people and generally a person would give all the credit to everyone, Heinrich was a con man at heart and took all the credit for himself.
Gods were believed to partake in human affairs such as everyday life and wars. In the Trojan War, the goddess Aphrodite rewarded Paris with a beautiful wife known none other than the great Helen of Troy, although the one mistake in the arrangement was that Helen was already married to the king of Sparta, Menelaus. Menelaus decided that he would wage war against Paris but they were both kings so this made it a war between countries. Paris was a king in some translations of the Iliad but in most he was actually a god who lived amongst humans The war lasted ten years with the involvement of different countries all fighting Troy. The war ended when the Trojan horse was brought into the city and Greek soldiers poured into the city and burned everything to the ground. The wooden statue was made in order to fool the people of Troy that the greeks had given up and the horse was peace offering. The whole war was never recorded in text until around 900 BC-800 BC.
Homer was credited with spreading the story of the Trojan war around 2000 BC. In truth he never actually made the work but the story. The story was written down a good thousand years later. Homer actually spread the story through song and not writing so there are probably some inaccuracies spread throughout the story since it was spread verbally throughout history. The actual story that was written down was made a group that no one really knows anything about. The original text was written in ancient greek and was translated around early 1900’s. For modern day scholars “the date of Homer” does not refer to the date when homer was alive but when when the Iliad was made. In the book it is easier to tell what time period the story took placed in because of the weapons.
In the Trojan the weaponry and armor all were set in the bronze age which lasted a good 2000 years. The weapons were mostly bronze as the name would suggest. The most common weapons used in the war for infantry soldiers was javelins and short swords. Javins were not the complex fancy art styles seen today or in the medievals ages but were more along the lines of a short narrow spear that good be held in place easily or thrown with great power. the short sword, as the name would suggest, was a sword that a shorter blade th3en normal so that it could be drawn and swung with great agility. One of the major game changing weapons was the horse drawn chariot which had earlier versions but the greek version was more plated and had a vewe other features. One major feature was the chariot spike that could rip the legs of other infantry or break the the wheels of other chariot. The age did not just consist of infantry based warfare but it also consisted of naval warfare and stationary warfare. on the naval side of things ships were outfitted with plating and rams to combat other ships and in terms of stationary warfare there was a bolt launcher that could launch a 1.6 ft bolt 160 yards on average. Historians have discovered that the bronze age was not just weaponry but always the rise of early urbanization of civilisation and the rise of proto-writing. Proto-writing originated in Eurasia during 3rd millennium BC.
The Trojan war consisted of heros tale and strategic movements. It also consisted of different versions in writing such as the Iliad. The war has some truth behind it because people have found evidence in turkey and the artifacts match up with the time period. The Trojan was told by song then written down with a large time gap in between the two.
Sources:
"Bronze Age Swords." Bronze Age Swords. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
"Bronze Age." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
"Trojan War." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014
Ellis, Elizabeth Gaynor and Elser, Anthoney. World History, upper saddle river, New Jersey : Pearson Education Inc. Print
“Trojan War Myths” Trojan war myths and facts. Margret Hubnter, a 9 May 2012. web. 18 Sept. 2014
The Trojan War is an epic tale that has been credited to a man named Homer. The tale is mainly about a battle fought over a woman named Helen and the war itself lasted around ten years. In the epic the Trojan War kind of introduces the main hero Odysseus and about his journey. Odysseus fought in the war alongside the king of Sparta in order to recapture Helen from Paris. The Trojan war is a heroic tale that has some truth behind it as well as being an entertaining tale of heroic action, courage, and brain power.
The Trojan war may have some truth behind it as most epics do. Since the original tale was sung around 1200 BC but only written around 800 to 700 BC. There are only three remaining original text of the story reaming to this day. A German adventure in 1870 decided to look into the story further and found out of was an actual event that happened in history. The name of the explorer was Heinrich Schliemann who decided to look at Hisarlik, located in northwestern Turkey. There they discovered a ruin of a city that was buried underneath 9 other cities that were scorched by fires dating back to around 1000 BC. When it says 9 cities on top of each other they just mean that a city was built over the previous one. Among the scorched ruins they also discover pottery and architecture that match historical documents. All this supports some evidence of the war actually taking place. Although this expedition took a lot of people and generally a person would give all the credit to everyone, Heinrich was a con man at heart and took all the credit for himself.
Gods were believed to partake in human affairs such as everyday life and wars. In the Trojan War, the goddess Aphrodite rewarded Paris with a beautiful wife known none other than the great Helen of Troy, although the one mistake in the arrangement was that Helen was already married to the king of Sparta, Menelaus. Menelaus decided that he would wage war against Paris but they were both kings so this made it a war between countries. Paris was a king in some translations of the Iliad but in most he was actually a god who lived amongst humans The war lasted ten years with the involvement of different countries all fighting Troy. The war ended when the Trojan horse was brought into the city and Greek soldiers poured into the city and burned everything to the ground. The wooden statue was made in order to fool the people of Troy that the greeks had given up and the horse was peace offering. The whole war was never recorded in text until around 900 BC-800 BC.
Homer was credited with spreading the story of the Trojan war around 2000 BC. In truth he never actually made the work but the story. The story was written down a good thousand years later. Homer actually spread the story through song and not writing so there are probably some inaccuracies spread throughout the story since it was spread verbally throughout history. The actual story that was written down was made a group that no one really knows anything about. The original text was written in ancient greek and was translated around early 1900’s. For modern day scholars “the date of Homer” does not refer to the date when homer was alive but when when the Iliad was made. In the book it is easier to tell what time period the story took placed in because of the weapons.
In the Trojan the weaponry and armor all were set in the bronze age which lasted a good 2000 years. The weapons were mostly bronze as the name would suggest. The most common weapons used in the war for infantry soldiers was javelins and short swords. Javins were not the complex fancy art styles seen today or in the medievals ages but were more along the lines of a short narrow spear that good be held in place easily or thrown with great power. the short sword, as the name would suggest, was a sword that a shorter blade th3en normal so that it could be drawn and swung with great agility. One of the major game changing weapons was the horse drawn chariot which had earlier versions but the greek version was more plated and had a vewe other features. One major feature was the chariot spike that could rip the legs of other infantry or break the the wheels of other chariot. The age did not just consist of infantry based warfare but it also consisted of naval warfare and stationary warfare. on the naval side of things ships were outfitted with plating and rams to combat other ships and in terms of stationary warfare there was a bolt launcher that could launch a 1.6 ft bolt 160 yards on average. Historians have discovered that the bronze age was not just weaponry but always the rise of early urbanization of civilisation and the rise of proto-writing. Proto-writing originated in Eurasia during 3rd millennium BC.
The Trojan war consisted of heros tale and strategic movements. It also consisted of different versions in writing such as the Iliad. The war has some truth behind it because people have found evidence in turkey and the artifacts match up with the time period. The Trojan was told by song then written down with a large time gap in between the two.
Sources:
"Bronze Age Swords." Bronze Age Swords. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
"Bronze Age." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
"Trojan War." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014
Ellis, Elizabeth Gaynor and Elser, Anthoney. World History, upper saddle river, New Jersey : Pearson Education Inc. Print
“Trojan War Myths” Trojan war myths and facts. Margret Hubnter, a 9 May 2012. web. 18 Sept. 2014