Two Shorter Accounts of the Trojan War: The Seege of Troye & The Rawlinson Prose Siege of Troy: A Modern Translation

by D.M. Smith

In medieval Britain, the works of Homer were practically unknown. In his absence, the half-remembered story of the Trojan War took on a distinctly Arthurian flavour, with the heroes Achilles and Hector reimagined as armoured knights on horseback, duelling with broadsword and lance.

The earliest known account of the Trojan War in the English language is the Seege of Troye: an anonymous minstrel poem of the early fourteenth century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1091512302
• ISBN13: 9781091512306
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"