About the Trojan War

A few years ago, I read the Fagles translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Since then, my interest in the Greek Epic Cycle (and with ancient and modern epics in general) has become an obsession. I've read a lot on the topic of the Trojan War, so I'd like to share some of my better finds with any of you who may share my interests.

I strongly feel that, together, the body of works that make up the Trojan War Epic Cycle tell the greatest story ever told. I hope you find a few books that interest you, or that can at least introduce you to a high-level look at this greatest of stories.
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message 1: by Anne (new)

Anne Strachan I was about to create a list on Homer and the Trojan War and found yours. Many books I do not know. I have also added some.


message 2: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 21, 2016 06:17AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) I must have missed something when I read them all these years ago, because I'm wondering how The Hobbit (#31) and the three separate parts of The Lord of the Rings (#36, 37 and 39), as well as the complete The Lord of the Rings trilogy (#91), are about the Trojan War.


message 3: by Theodore (last edited Jan 01, 2017 12:15PM) (new)

Theodore Savas Barry Strauss's The Trojan War is not here? It is among the best ever written on the subject and explains a lot.

https://www.amazon.com/Trojan-War-New...


message 4: by Alison (last edited Mar 16, 2018 11:26AM) (new)

Alison I am looking for a fiction book about Cassandra of Troy that I read in high school. It is told in first person and a lot of the details are hazy in my memory, but I remember that in this book there was a cat named "Bastos" whose fur she used to whisper into about what was going on in her life, and that this cat was shot by Greek soldiers during the sack of Troy.

I can't seem to find mention of or a record of this book--I THINK it was titled "Cassandra," but I could be wrong. It is NOT the "Cassandra" by Christa Wolf.


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