{"product_id":"the-trojan-war-a-new-history-paperback","title":"The Trojan War: A New History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trojan War\u003c\/i\u003e is one of history's most famous conflicts, a ten-year-long war waged over the beautiful Helen. For more than two thousand years this story has been a source of artistic inspiration. But is it true?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Trojan War\u003c\/i\u003e historian and classicist Barry Strauss explores the myth and the reality behind the war, from Homer's accounts in \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e to Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of ancient Troy in the late nineteenth century to more recent excavations that have yielded intriguing clues to the story behind the fabled city. The Trojans, it turns out, were not ethnic Greeks but an Anatolian people closely allied with the Hittite Empire to the east. At the time of the Trojan War the Greeks were great seafarers while Troy was a more settled civilization. And while the cause of the war may well have been the kidnapping of a queen--and, more significantly, the seizure of her royal dowry--the underlying cause was a conflict between the Trojans and the Greeks for control of the eastern Aegean Sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough vivid reconstructions of the battles and insightful depictions of its famous characters, \u003ci\u003eThe Trojan War\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the history behind Homer's great epic, without losing the poetry and grandeur of the epic myth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Strauss is a professor of history and classics at Cornell University, The Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a leading expert on ancient military history. He has written or edited several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Salamis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Trojan War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spartacus War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMasters of Command\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTen Caesars\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit BarryStrauss.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.22 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978556408109,"sku":"9780743264426","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/WlZ5a2tUVllwZDN6dGw2NWJ3aE56QT09.webp?v=1775805795","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-trojan-war-a-new-history-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}