Troy, Carthage and the Victorians

Rachel Bryant Davies

earliest edition we have, 2018 Cambridge University Press, 2018

Playful, popular visions of Troy and Carthage, backdrops to the Iliad and Aeneid's epic narratives, shine the spotlight on antiquity's starring role in nineteenth-century culture. This is the story of how these ruined cities inspired bold reconstructions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, how archaeological discoveries in the Troad and North Africa sparked dramatic debates, and how their ruins were exploited to con...

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Troy, Carthage and the Victorians edition · 2018 · Cambridge University Press · 9781108136808
Troy, Carthage and the Victorians edition · 2018 · Cambridge University Press · 402 pages · 9781107192669
Troy, Carthage and the Victorians edition · 2018 · Cambridge University Press · 9781108131605

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