![]() ![]() ![]() The inference had been that the portrayal of Troy in the Iliad was a poetic exaggeration. ![]() The reality, it was suggested, was probably “a swift raid on a relatively unimportant town” ( CSHI, 165 with n. It had previously been thought that the settlement at Troy (the later Ilion) in the Late Bronze Age was not sufficiently large to have been involved in a major war. THE SIZE OF TROY ( in the Late Bronze Age) The second is whether the story in the Iliad was based on recollections (in ‘folk-memory’) of actual historical events. The first is whether there was an actual historical Trojan War. There are, of course, two main questions involved. The recent excavations at Troy (modern Hissarlik) by Korfmann’s team have reignited the controversy concerning the degree of historicity in the tale of the Trojan War, as related in the Iliad. 2 Troy and the Trojan War: Archaeology, History and the Epic TraditionsĪrchaeology, History and the Epic Traditions ![]()
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