Homer, Troy and the Turks / Günay Uslu.

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 sourc...

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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.
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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