In this second of three classes on the Trojan War we move from the general background of the war to the conflict itself. We will cover the general events before the war as episodes–the gathering of the armies, the becalming at Aulis, the battle before Mysia–but we will spend the bulk of the class discussing … More Classical Mythology, Day 16

In this first class of three on the Trojan War narrative, we focus on establishing historical and mythical backgrounds for Trojan War myths with special attention on the sources that provide ‘the whole story’. While our best evidence for the Trojan War comes from the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, these epics actually only cover short periods … More Classical Mythology, Day 15