Michael wood ‘In search of the Trojan war’

·         City of troy – legend regarding Trojan war and horse 

·         Fight for love

o   Prince of Troy – Paris – eloped Greek Goddess Queen Helen of Sparta ?? I think 

·         Greeks followed – ships – revenge 

·         10years fighting (not full years – seasons) 

 

·         Homer – poet – lived ~700Bc – 500years following war 

·         Asian minor 

·         Story of Trojan – oral tradition – stories woven together – create narrative 

·         Historical & legendary material – originates in oral traditions 

o   Composed, sung, chanted – not written originally. 

·         Loosely knit epics – ‘episodes’ can be stand alone 

·         Stories told as entertainment 

·         Repetitious stock phrases/descriptions - ~25,000 times for Iliad 

 

·         Epic – narrative poems written in latin – middle ages 

·         Classic poem – originates in Greece

·         Features a hero 

 

·         Homer’s Iliad – covers all major questions – questions still asked today – our wars 

·         Focuses 4days – last 10 years 

·         240 deaths – individual descriptions – claims stating he must have seen it personally 

·         Many observations and claims within story – ‘timelessly true’ – youtube – homer’s iliad 

·         Josephus – talks of jesus – not religious – good for credibility 

o   Evaluated homer 

o   Way after war time