Homer, Troy and the Turks / Günay Uslu.

• VerfasserIn: Uslu, Günay,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, [2018]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage and memory studies ; 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 pages) :; illustrations (some color).
• Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis.

Homer's stories of Troy are part of the foundations of Western culture. What's less well known is that they also inspired Ottoman-Turkish cultural traditions. Yet even with all the historical and archaeological research into Homer and Troy, most scholars today rely heavily on Western sources, giving Ottoman work in the field short shrift. This book helps right that balance, exploring Ottoman-Turkish involvement and interest in the subject between 1870, when Heinrich Schliemann began his excavations in search of Troy on Ottoman soil, and the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, which gave the Turks their own version of the heroic epic of Troy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. The Discovery of Troy -- II. Classical Antiquities and Ottoman Patrimony -- III. A Closer Watch on Schliemann (1882-1885) -- IV. Homer and Troy in Ottoman Literature -- V. Homer and Troy during the Final Years of the Empire -- Epilogue of an Empire -- Manuscript Sources -- Bibliography -- Index