Where Troy Once Stood: The Mystery of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey Revealed - Hardcover

Wilkens, Iman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312059949 ISBN 13: 9780312059941

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Argues that the settings of Homer's epic poems do not fit the Mediterranean area but actually treat ancient Celtic wars in western Europe and the North Atlantic

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Wilkens, identified only as a scholar living in Paris, claims that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey do not describe Greek civilization at all. According to his fanciful reading of these texts and of history, the Trojan War was fought between Bronze Age Celts; Troy was in East Anglia, England, not in Asia Minor; and Odysseus plied the Atlantic, with stops in Senegal (Land of the Lotus-Eaters) and Havana, Cuba. Homer, it is claimed here, was a poet from Holland who lived in Spain and France. Maps, photos, tables and comparisons of place names, tides, vegetation, etc., support a flimsy argument. Although at least some elements of his thesis have been advanced as early as 1790, Wilkens plays fast and loose with the evidence.
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About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0312059949
• ISBN 13: 9780312059941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 365