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Iphigenia at AulisBackground
Trojan War
A war fought between the Greeks and Trojans It was celebrated in the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer. Paris, prince of Troy, ran off with Helen, wife of Menelaus whose brother Agamemnon then led a Greek expedition against Troy. The ensuing war lasted 10 years, finally ending when the Greeks pretended to sail for home, leaving behind them a large wooden horse in which they concealed some warriors. When the Trojans brought the horse into their city, the hidden Greeks opened the gates to their comrades, who then sacked Troy, massacred its men, and carried off its women. Evidence from excavations carried out at Troy leads historians to believe that the legend reflects a real war (c.1200 B.C.) between the Greeks and the people of Troas, possibly over control of the Dardanelles and Black Sea.
Read More About the Trojan War
- See SIMON, the library's catalog, using the subject heading: Trojan War
History
- An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander by Thomas R. Martin
- Ancient/Classical History
- See SIMON,
the library's catalog, using the following subject headings:
- Greece History To 146 B C
- Greece Civilization
- Greece Social Life and Customs
- Greece Social Conditions To 146 B C
- Women History To 500
- Women Greece History
Literary Influences
- Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey
- Greek Mythology
- Search SIMON using the subject heading, Mythology, Greek
- Oxford
Reference Online
Includes the full-text of the Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature and Who's Who in the Classical World