The question of the /his/toricity of the Trojan war is a compelling topic. I take up the view that the Trojan war is semi-historical semi-legendary. The notion of a war occurring between the Myceneans and the city-state of Troy is not exactly implausible, but the question of whether Agamemnon was the leader of a coalition of Mycenean forces is questionable and the scale of the war also seems quite difficult to believe. What does /his/ think?
The ‘Trojan war’ is a descendant of a much older Indo-European epic. Nearly all of the main characters and events can be observed in various forms in other epics found in Celtic and Indian cultures.
>>16888458Characters such as?
>>16888446>The notion of a war occurring between the Myceneans and the city-state of Troy is not exactly implausible,Its in fact confirmed.
>>16888486>Terrible Sovereign Pandu/Varuna Agamemnon Nuada Nudd Llaw Ereint>Lawful Sovereign Yudhishthira/Mitra Menelaus Lugh Lleu Law Gyffes>Lord of Wind Bhima/Vayu Ajax The Dagda BranThunderer Arjuna/Indra >Achilles Tuireann Taran>Horse Twins Nakula and Sahadeva/Nasatya and Dasra Diomedes and Odysseus Aengus and Midir (Pryderi/Mabon)>Sun God Karna/Surya Paris Bres Gronw Pebr>Demon of the Dark Age Duryodhana/Kali Hector Bres Dawn Goddess Draupadi/Ushas Helen Brigid Blodeuwedd>Father Sky Bhishma/Dyaus Sarpedon The Dagda Bran>Son of the Moon Abhimanyu/Varchas Patroclus (Brian?)
>>16888503That's not Troy
Homer (or whoever wrote the Iliad) wanted to write a story set in the late bronze age, but didn't know that much about it, so some aspects of the story instead reflect the author's own time.Mycenean activity in Anatolia is well attested from Hittite archives. But even the idea that they sacked Troy is kind of difficult (it doesn't seem to have been burnt at the right time, but after Mycenae already collapsed.) I wonder if the story got fixed to Troy because it was the most famous city of the region, or maybe they didn't sack the place but it made for a better story than a raid. Alternatively, it was sacked by post-collapse exiles, Greeks going Sea People, and the chronology got a bit confused.
>>16888512Where is Troy?
>>16888514The dude who descovered Troy followed Homers geographic descriptions of the area, also arrowheads from the greek heroic era were found in the burnt ruins
>>16888514The Iliad was a written down oral tradition that was centuries years old. Homer didn't just make it up.
>>16888512>That's not TroyExplain
