The BP exhibition, Troy : myth and reality / Alexandra Villing, J. Lesley Fitton, Victoria Donnellan and Andrew Shapland.

For over 3,000 years the myth of Troy has fascinated artists and audiences alike--from the epic tales of Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid to retellings from Chaucer to Madeline Miller, and stagings from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida to Brad Pitt's rendering of the hero Achilles. But what is it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Villing, Alexandra (Author)
Fitton, J. Lesley (Author)
Donnellan, Victoria (Author)
Shapland, Andrew (Author)
Corporate Author: British Museum (Host institution)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
Subjects:
Troy (Extinct city) > Exhibitions.
Troy (Extinct city) > History > Exhibitions.
Trojan War > Exhibitions.
Turkey > Troy (Extinct city)
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Troy : myth and reality
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Troy: fall of a city, rise of a legend
  • Storytellers
  • The myth of the Trojan War
  • Archaeological Troy
  • Troy : enduring stories
  • Epilogue: the shield of Achilles.