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Troy: myth and reality (British Museum)

Troy: myth and reality (British Museum)

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Reviews

Jan Peter van Kempen ，

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to visit the exhibition at the BM， but this catalogue more than compensates my loss。 A wonderful and lavishly illustrated book。 Get it， read it and enjoy it。

Linda Humberstone ，

Really engrossing record of the Myths about the Trojan War and its participants and the archaeology that it generated to establish where the citadel actually stood and any evidence to prove the Trojan War was a real event。 It certainly held an important and key position in the Mediterranean for hundreds of years before being lost to the modern era。 This book is an enthralling analysis of the subject of these myths， the interest they have held for society and how they have been changed to this da Really engrossing record of the Myths about the Trojan War and its participants and the archaeology that it generated to establish where the citadel actually stood and any evidence to prove the Trojan War was a real event。 It certainly held an important and key position in the Mediterranean for hundreds of years before being lost to the modern era。 This book is an enthralling analysis of the subject of these myths， the interest they have held for society and how they have been changed to this day to embrace our own explanations and ideals of life， its heroes and villains。 The archaeology is also enthralling and takes the development of the different excavations step by step， including the competitiveness of the different diggers and their different conclusions。 There are some good illustrations， particularly of lovely pottery found at different levels。 I， for one， believe that the Trojan war did happen， probably along with many others in the Troad and I regret that I did not see the exhibition that generated this book。 。。。more

Carlton ，

A guide to the exhibition at the British Museum in 2019/20 that I was fortunate enough to visit。 This is both an excellent reminder of the exhibition， but also provides copious details of:1。 The original story as most famously recorded in Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey， but also other ancient Greek and Latin texts。 Ancient vase paintings， sculptures and other works of art illustrate the story。2。 The archaeological rediscovery of Troy/Illium/Hissarlik， most famously by Heinrich Schliemann， but also e A guide to the exhibition at the British Museum in 2019/20 that I was fortunate enough to visit。 This is both an excellent reminder of the exhibition， but also provides copious details of:1。 The original story as most famously recorded in Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey， but also other ancient Greek and Latin texts。 Ancient vase paintings， sculptures and other works of art illustrate the story。2。 The archaeological rediscovery of Troy/Illium/Hissarlik， most famously by Heinrich Schliemann， but also explaining his predecessors and the largely forgotten assistance provided by Frank Calvert to Schliemann， and the more academic rigour provided by subsequent archaeologists。3。 The continuing use of different aspects of the story by artists throughout the ages， with plenty of illustrations and references to and excerpts from literary works。 Although I was aware of many of these artistic works， bringing them together makes me realise how much art has used and reused this story as a framework for contemporary concerns。 In the book， it is this section that I found most interesting。An excellent book， well worth reading even if you didn’t attend the exhibition。 。。。more

Inkspill ，

This book is tied to an exhibition held at London’s British Museum in late 2019， early 2020。 The exhibition， like the book， hypothesised if Troy existed。 One of its focus were the three epics: The Iliad， The Odyssey and The Aeneid。 It was wonderful to walk through the exhibition to see a kind of trajectory of how characters and scenes from these stories are presented in art from ancient times to present。 The information in the exhibition didn’t have the depth of the book。 Reading the book made t This book is tied to an exhibition held at London’s British Museum in late 2019， early 2020。 The exhibition， like the book， hypothesised if Troy existed。 One of its focus were the three epics: The Iliad， The Odyssey and The Aeneid。 It was wonderful to walk through the exhibition to see a kind of trajectory of how characters and scenes from these stories are presented in art from ancient times to present。 The information in the exhibition didn’t have the depth of the book。 Reading the book made the info in the exhibition seem a touch sensationalist， like how it focused on Achilles’s wrath。 The book gives a rounder， broader view。 It also helped me to comprehend better of how there are many variations of these stories; I hadn’t realised when these stories are rediscovered in the Renaissance more tweaks and changes are made。 This book also started to address a question that has been bugging me for a while: what is it about The Iliad， The Odyssey and The Aeneid that keeps them in our consciousness？ In tracking through the cultural and social history of these epics it also explains how these epics have been adopted to explain the genesis of Europe。 Overall， the book is really beautiful for its colour images that are sharp and clear。 Most of the main part of 282 pages have at least one image， where some pages the image covers the page fully。 I haven’t counted how many there are but it’s a lot。 These are everything from the exhibition and extras， including diagrams and map。 I also like how it’s enlarged images of tiny artefacts where it was impossible to see its design。Chapters are divided into: •tIntroduction Troy: Fall of a City， Rise of a Legend•t1 Storytellers•t2 The Myth of the Trojan War•t3 Archaeological Troy•t4 Troy: Enduring Stories•tEpilogueThe Shield of Achilles 1 – 4 are like detailed essays。 As a read， there would have been a time I would have found parts of this book difficult。 At that time， I would have appreciated how it explains the epics in detail as I would not have known them。 Now that I know them， these are the parts that were of least interest。 I prefer the coverage of the cultural history that surrounds the three epics through the ages right up to current times， I wish more room was given to this instead。 I also like the chapter on the archaeological history of Troy but I wish it had just a touch more objectivity to Heinrich Schliemann。 Out of the 4 essays， my least favourite was ‘Troy: Enduring Stories’， which mostly seemed flabby with what ifs and speculation of why Homer and Virgil’s works remain popular。 These quibbles a few years back would have by-passed me。 I think the book is aimed at people who are new or fairly new to the subject。 Having said this， the images are gorgeous， and though I can see myself reading this book again， especially the first two essays and parts of the third， what will keep me returning to it is its beautiful photography。Here are 2 from https://www。britishmuseum。org/exhibit。。。The ceramic jar depicts a scene from The Odyssey， Odysseus encountering the sirens。 Attica 480-470 BCThe other is a modern take on Ruben’s Judgement of Paris。 Eleanor Antin， from Helen’s Odyssey 2007。 。。。more

Gaby ，

Amazing。 Only thing wrong with it is it's too heavy to hold during a long reading session Amazing。 Only thing wrong with it is it's too heavy to hold during a long reading session 。。。more

Diane ，

This is a great book that shows off the richness of the artistic responses to the myth of Troy from the Classical period up to modern day。 It also explores the possible Bronze Age background to the myth and the nineteenth century search for the location of Troy。 Totally deserving of a place on my Keep Shelf！

John Isles ，

This is the catalogue of an exhibition at the British Museum that we plan to visit shortly。 My review relates only to the book， which tells the legend of Troy， the story of the site's archaeology， and of its influence on later art and literature。 It's extremely well illustrated， the text is very readable， and little space is wasted。 I could have done without some of the most modern art， particularly Spencer Finch's 2013 so-called Shield of Achilles which is a starburst of light bulbs that in no This is the catalogue of an exhibition at the British Museum that we plan to visit shortly。 My review relates only to the book， which tells the legend of Troy， the story of the site's archaeology， and of its influence on later art and literature。 It's extremely well illustrated， the text is very readable， and little space is wasted。 I could have done without some of the most modern art， particularly Spencer Finch's 2013 so-called Shield of Achilles which is a starburst of light bulbs that in no way evokes the supposed subject。Did the Trojan War really take place？ Not exactly as in Homer， of course， but there was a city there， it did suffer destruction， and it's easy to believe that there were once characters with names such as Agamemnon， Achilles， Helen， Priam， Hector， and Paris about whom tales were told in verse for centuries until the oral tradition was eventually written down。 If we knew the true story， would it capture our imagination as the legend has？ 。。。more

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