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1) The Iliad
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"Composed around 730 B.C., Homer's Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war. Carved close to the original...
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"From the Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy comes a monumental new masterpiece, set in the midst of literature's most famous war. Pat Barker turns her attention to the timeless legend of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War. The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, who continue to wage bloody war over a stolen...
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"The myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other to win, the human death toll mounts. Who will win this epic clash of power? And how many will have to die first?"-- Provided by publisher.
6) The Aeneid
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Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds...
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"As the kingdoms of Greece clash on the shores of Troy and the gods choose sides, Daphne must user her wits, her training, and her precarious relationship with Apollo to keep her queen safe, stop the war, and uncover the true reason the gods led her to Troy"--
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"Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, and must try to find her place in a world that she knows to be perilous; years later, will her friendship with a young Amazon princess named Rin help her to avert a disastrous end to their war?"--
10) Elektra
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"Elektra is a spellbinding reimagining of the story of one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must...
11) The Fall of Troy
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The Trojan War has fascinated people for centuries. But did it really happen? Did the Trojan horse really bring about the fall of Troy? Join Michael Wood as he navigates through archaeological, historical and literary evidence- using Homer as his guide. In Turkey, Wood uses computer graphics to show how Hissarlik, a hill that is the likely setting of Troy, was destroyed more than once. In Germany, he examines Hittite clay tablets which were a contemporary...
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In Part 5 of the BBC series, "In Search of the Trojan War," Michael Woods searches for decisive documental evidence of the Trojan War in clay tablets from the Hittite Empire, housed in the State Museum in Berlin. Woods follows the journey of King Hattusili iii to the Greek kingdoms on the coast of Anatolia, as referenced in a letter from Hattusili to the Achaean King that may have been Agamemnon himself. Different levels at the Hisarlik Mound have...
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With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost.
He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies,...
He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies,...
14) The Odyssey
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A modern verse translation of Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," which recounts the experiences of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War. Includes an introduction and notes.
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"The gods wanted blood. She fought for love. Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgender priestesses of Great Mother Aphrodite. When Odysseus comes to recruit the "prince" Achilles for a war against the Hittites, she prepares to die rather than fight as a man. However, her divine mother, Athena, intervenes, transforming her body into the woman's body she always longed for, and promises...
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In this Part 3 of the BBC series "In Search of the Trojan War," Michael Woods searches for historic evidence of the Trojan War described by the blind bard Homer 500 years after the event. He visits Bronze Age ruins of places listed in the Catalogue of Ships, and enlists a Gaelic story-teller and a professional bard in Turkish Armenia to demonstrate the oral tradition.
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This documentary from Clash of the Gods explores the 3,000-year-old story of the woman at the heart of the Trojan War. The Greek poet Homer told the tale in The Iliad and The Odyssey, and Hollywood has presented its own versions. Now, we examine the myth of Helen. Conceived from the god Zeus' rape of her mother, she is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world and desired by every man. Modern writers including Camille Paglia and Arianna Huffington...
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The women of Troy take center stage-- and their stories will outlast us all. Andromache is cast as the doting wife of Prince Hector, yet her Amazon warrior name means "battler of men." She must gather a band of outcasts and become the military commander she was born to be before the life she and Hector have built is reduced to ashes. Rhea is a horse whisperer who finally earns a place and sense of belonging in Hector's stables. To save her new home,...
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Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.