Trojan War

  • Over at the OUP Blog, Eric Cline has keyboarded an interesting post … here’s a bit in medias res: […]According to the Greek literary evidence, there were at least two Trojan Wars (Heracles’ and Agamemnon’s), not simply one; in fact, there were three wars, if one counts Agamemnon’s earlier abortive attack on Teuthrania. Similarly, according…

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  • I don’t know why this happens to me so often … I take a break from my news feed to run some errands and then I get a notice via Twitter from the folks at Biblical Archaeology Review pointing me to an article with the headline screaming: Has the Sarcophagus of Paris, Prince of Troy,…

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  • Protaras Tomb Addendum

    We mentioned the burials from Protaras a few days ago … the Reuters coverage on same provides a very interesting contrast with reports of digs going on in other parts of the Mediterranean … a couple of excerpts: Locals say it could be the final resting place of Ajax’s niece, contain a golden chariot and…

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