In medieval Britain, the works of Homer were practically unknown. In his absence, the half-remembered story of the Trojan War took on a distinctly Arthurian flavour, with the heroes Achilles and Hector reimagined as armoured knights on horseback, duelling with broadsword and lance. The Destruction of Troy survives as a single, incomplete manuscript known as "MS. Hunterian V.2.8" in the Glasgow University Library. One of three...
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