Title: The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle
Description: Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.
Subjects: Greek Epic poetry, Literature and history, Knowledge, History and criticism, Influence, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Trojan War, Cycles (Literature), Lost literature, In literature, Literature and the war, Homer, Epic poetry, history and criticism, Trojan war, literature and the war, Influence (literary, artistic, etc.), Extinct cities
Places: Turkey, Troy (Extinct city), Greece
People: Homer