{"product_id":"troy-and-homer-joachim-latacz-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 excavations, 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 in this period, and we can detect traces of it in Homer's great poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joachim Latacz, Kevin Windle, Rosh Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199263086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199263080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Joachim Latacz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946304995583,"sku":"9780199263080","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2bf38edb-44c0-49d9-96a2-4da9d087a69c.jpg?v=1681512448","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/troy-and-homer-joachim-latacz-9780199263080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}