39 pages • 1 hour read
The Trojan War: A New History
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006
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Essay Topics
1.
In the light of Strauss’s primary source of evidence of the Trojan War, how convincing do you find Homer’s account of it?
2.
Who is the better historian, Strauss or Homer? Consider the role of the historian in your answer.
3.
To what extent are the characters and events in the ancient epics symbolic of the facts of the Trojan War that took place in the Bronze Age?
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