Nic Fields ; illustrated by D. Spedaliere and S. Sulemsohn Spedaliere
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Osprey,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
64 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color), maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Fortress ;
Volume Designation
17
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-62) and index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Hisarlik is a small place, a sandy, stone-strewn hillock cut up into gullies and hummocks. Yet this is all that remains of the legendary Troy, a city whose story sprawls across cultures, time and geography. The tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest secular story ever told. It has certainly captured the imagination of the Western World for some 3,000 years. Although there are many difficulties in using Greek myths, oral traditions and the Homeric epics to reconstruct the Trojan War, this title uses the latest archaeological evidence to reconstruct in detail the fortifications of Troy as well as making more general observations about the possible historical events behind the epics of Homer."--Page 4 of cover