Jan Haywood is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. He has published on various aspects of the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, and is the author of Intertext and Allusion in Herodotus'Histories: Authority, Proof, Polemic (forthcoming).Naoise Mac Sweeney is Associate Professor in Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK. Her published titles include Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia (2013) and Community Identity and Archaeology (2011).

• List of FiguresNote from the AuthorsIntroduction: Dialogue Chapter 1: Navigating Tradition1.1:The Iliad’s Poets – Haywood1.2: The Erra’s Poems – Mac Sweeney Chapter 2: Visulaising Society 2.1: Euthymides’ Pioneer Politics – Mac Sweeney2.2: Rossetti’s Vulnerable Firebrand – HaywoodChapter 3: Staging Conflict 3.1: Euripides’ New Contests – Haywood3.2: Shakespeare’s Empty Arguments – Mac SweeneyChapter 4: Seeking Truth 4.1: Herodotus’ Trojan Truths – Haywood4.2: Schliemann’s Physical Proofs – Mac SweeneyChapter 5: Claiming Identities 5.1: Godfrey’s Hall of Mirrors – Mac Sweeney5.2: Petersen’s Hall of Fame – HaywoodConclusion: Memorial ReferencesIndex

The range is impressive … Iliadic reception processes churn in these pages as diverse post-classical connections and dissonances are illuminated. Bound together then, as privileged, the epic of Homer and the whole tradition of the Trojan War, retold and reiterated, confirm at once their complexity and centrality. The authors show how, over time, what prevails is a conscious engagement with Iliadic content, Iliadic status, and the iconic idea of the Homeric … Summing Up: Recommended.

Jan Haywood is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. He has published on various aspects of the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, and is the author of Intertext and Allusion in Herodotus'Histories: Authority, Proof, Polemic (forthcoming).Naoise Mac Sweeney is Associate Professor in Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK. Her published titles include Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia (2013) and Community Identity and Archaeology (2011).

• List of FiguresNote from the AuthorsIntroduction: Dialogue Chapter 1: Navigating Tradition1.1:The Iliad’s Poets – Haywood1.2: The Erra’s Poems – Mac Sweeney Chapter 2: Visulaising Society 2.1: Euthymides’ Pioneer Politics – Mac Sweeney2.2: Rossetti’s Vulnerable Firebrand – HaywoodChapter 3: Staging Conflict 3.1: Euripides’ New Contests – Haywood3.2: Shakespeare’s Empty Arguments – Mac SweeneyChapter 4: Seeking Truth 4.1: Herodotus’ Trojan Truths – Haywood4.2: Schliemann’s Physical Proofs – Mac SweeneyChapter 5: Claiming Identities 5.1: Godfrey’s Hall of Mirrors – Mac Sweeney5.2: Petersen’s Hall of Fame – HaywoodConclusion: Memorial ReferencesIndex

The range is impressive … Iliadic reception processes churn in these pages as diverse post-classical connections and dissonances are illuminated. Bound together then, as privileged, the epic of Homer and the whole tradition of the Trojan War, retold and reiterated, confirm at once their complexity and centrality. The authors show how, over time, what prevails is a conscious engagement with Iliadic content, Iliadic status, and the iconic idea of the Homeric … Summing Up: Recommended.

Jan Haywood is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. He has published on various aspects of the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, and is the author of Intertext and Allusion in Herodotus'Histories: Authority, Proof, Polemic (forthcoming).Naoise Mac Sweeney is Associate Professor in Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK. Her published titles include Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia (2013) and Community Identity and Archaeology (2011).

• List of FiguresNote from the AuthorsIntroduction: Dialogue Chapter 1: Navigating Tradition1.1:The Iliad’s Poets – Haywood1.2: The Erra’s Poems – Mac Sweeney Chapter 2: Visulaising Society 2.1: Euthymides’ Pioneer Politics – Mac Sweeney2.2: Rossetti’s Vulnerable Firebrand – HaywoodChapter 3: Staging Conflict 3.1: Euripides’ New Contests – Haywood3.2: Shakespeare’s Empty Arguments – Mac SweeneyChapter 4: Seeking Truth 4.1: Herodotus’ Trojan Truths – Haywood4.2: Schliemann’s Physical Proofs – Mac SweeneyChapter 5: Claiming Identities 5.1: Godfrey’s Hall of Mirrors – Mac Sweeney5.2: Petersen’s Hall of Fame – HaywoodConclusion: Memorial ReferencesIndex

The range is impressive … Iliadic reception processes churn in these pages as diverse post-classical connections and dissonances are illuminated. Bound together then, as privileged, the epic of Homer and the whole tradition of the Trojan War, retold and reiterated, confirm at once their complexity and centrality. The authors show how, over time, what prevails is a conscious engagement with Iliadic content, Iliadic status, and the iconic idea of the Homeric … Summing Up: Recommended.