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Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery

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From: Near Eastern Archaeology
Date: 20051201
Author:Bryce, Trevor

Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery By Joachim Latacz. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xvii + 342, 24 figs. Hardcover, $56.00. ISBN 0-19-926308-6

This new edition of a work published originally in German is one of a number ot recent books and articles that discuss the authenticity of the Trojan War, best known trom Homer's Iliad, and its alleged setting in northwestern Anatolia near the mound called Hisarlik. In his Introduction, La tac: states what he sees as the four-part question at the heart of Trojan studies: (1) Is Hisarhk to be identified with Homer's Troy? ...

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