The Attack on Troy
by Rodney Castleden
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Author: Rodney CastledenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2006-06-20
ISBN: 1844151751
Number of pages: 165
Publisher: Pen & Sword
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Book Review: Solid, if speculative reconstruction of a great ancient event
Summary: 4 Stars
Rodney Castleden's "The Attack On Troy" is a solid reconstruction, necessarily with a good deal of speculation, of the events behind the epic poems of Homer. Castleden accepts the historical reality of the (or at least "a") Trojan War,) as do many modern archaeologists and historians of the ancient war, and in this book he presents palusible evidence for so doing. Castelden, like many others, places this war about 1250 BCE, at the end of the VIh phase of the city, but he does not neglect discussion of alternatives favored by others. Perhaps the most tenuous bit of speculation on Castleden's part is his equation of the mysterious but flambouyant figure of Piyamaradus (found in Hittite clay tablet records dealing with western Anatolia) with the Greek hero Achilles. However, for the most part Castleden backs up his reconstruction of events with frequent references to archaological work of the recent past.
Another reviewer at this site charged Castelden with displaying a pathological hatred of Germans, especially the early archaeologist Hermann Schliemann. This attack puzzles me, as I see nothing highly negative in Castelden's relatively few references to Schliemann (whose excavation methods were undeniably crude by modern standards and his treatment of colleagues less than generous) and no evidence of this supposed pathological hatred of anything German.
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