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The written sources for Troy and the Trojan War

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  • What is the name of the cycle of stories of which the Iliad was a part?
    The Epic Cycle
  • What kind of tradition passed the Iliad down from generation to generation?
    oral tradition
  • How was the Iliad performed for its listeners?
    In song
  • Outline ONE issue that affects Homer's Iliad as a source of History?
    1. Remote in time from the events (2) heroic, mythic narrative (3) reflects Archaic Greece (4) oral tradition
  • What is the name of the scholar whose studied the Taragawala Letter of the Hittite diplomatic archive?
    J.D. Hawkins
  • The Taragawala Letter of the Hittite diplomatic archive dates to which period?
    1250 BCE
  • The Hittite diplomatic archive mainly consists of which two kind of texts?
    Treaties and letters
  • Name one issue faced when working with Linear B tablets
    Very short, often fragmentary, typically focused on the economic
  • When did Homer likely live?
    800-700 BCE
  • Which group of Linear B tablets are significant for studying the history of Troy?
    The Palace of Nestor/Pylos group
  • Which part of the Near East did the Hittite Empire dominate?
    Anatolia
  • Outline what the Taragawala Letter of the Hittite diplomatic archive prove?
    That a conflict occurred over the historical Troy
  • Outline one thing the Linear B tablets provides information about?
    groups of slave women and children at Pylos, troop dispositions/stationing
  • What is the name of the epic narrative by Homer that tells the story of the Trojan War?
    The Iliad
  • Identify ONE aspect of Homer's Iliad that reflects Bronze Age realities?
    Lost cities, items of clothing e.g. boar's tusk helmet, archaic names, description of Troy
  • Who were the Ahhiwayans of the Hittite diplomatic archive?
    The Greeks/Achaens/Mycenaeans
  • What is the origin of the name 'Iliad'?
    Ilium - the Greek name for Troy
  • How were the Linear B tablets and the Hittite diplomatic archive recorded?
    On clay tablets with a stylus
  • The Linear B tablets are dated to which period?
    1600-1200 BCE
  • What is the technical name for the range of questions we have about the identity of Homer?
    The Homeric Question
  • In the Hittite diplomatic archive, to what does the name 'Wilusa' refer?
    Troy
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