Achilles turns his anger from Agamemnon to Hector and the fated destruction of Troy comes ever closer.
It is framed by the wrath of the Greek hero Achilles, insulted by his leader Agamemnon and withdrawing from the battle that continued to rage, only returning when his close friend Patroclus is killed by the Trojan hero Hector.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great epic poem attributed to Homer, telling the story of an intense episode in the Trojan War. So does the Trojan War story have any basis in fact? And why has it proved such an enduring legend?With Edith HallProfessor of Classics at King's College LondonEllen AdamsLecturer in Classical Art and Archaeology at King's College LondonSusan SherrattLecturer in Archaeology at the University of SheffieldProducer: Thomas Morris.
ILIAD AND ODYSSEY SERIES
But in the nineteenth century a series of archaeological discoveries provided startling evidence that Troy might really have existed, leading some scholars to conclude that there could even be some truth behind the myth. For centuries it was assumed to be a mythical event. Some of the most familiar names of Greek mythology are associated with the war, including Achilles and Hector, Odysseus and Helen of Troy - and it has also given us the story of the Trojan Horse.The war is the backdrop for Homer's epic poem The Iliad, and features in many other works from classical antiquity. A Greek army besieged Troy for ten years before the city was finally overrun and destroyed. According to the traditional version of the story, the war began when a Trojan prince, Paris, eloped with the Spartan queen Helen. Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Trojan War, one of the best known events of Greek mythology.
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