The Trojan War

by Carol G. Thomas, Craig Conant, Craig C. Conant

Book Overview

Surveys the historical underpinnings of the Heroic Age in ancient Greek tradition Different as the Trojan War was to Greeks and Romans, the two peoples united in an identical longing for a heroism that was attainable in the present only by reaching out for an impossible past. Carol G. Thomas and Craig Conant's broad and varied account of the Trojan War allows readers to investigate the archaeological and historical foundations that underlie the epic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806138742
• ISBN13: 9780806138749
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"