The Historic Accuracy of Homer’s Iliad

A few years ago, Homer's "Iliad" was always a story of European myths, a long poem written in the 8th century BC. Tell the horrible war against beautiful women. Homer Iliad's reliability as a true historical document has been challenged for centuries and can only break through the truth through archaeological research. Iliad was written in the 5th century after the war and the story was conveyed through verbal traditions, so the social type reflected in poetry is like Homer 's era.

Homer 's questions include Homer' s identity, the identity of Ilyad and Odyssey, and their historical (especially about Ilyad) and subsequent discussions. The theme was born from scholars of the classical and Hellenistic era, but prospered by Homer's scholars from the 19th century to the 20th century. After the pioneering work of Millman Parry, most classicalists believe that such a composer is like Homer, the poet attributed to him depends to some extent on the verbal tradition. Ancient technology is a collective heritage. Many singers - poets (or δοί, aōidoi). Analyzing the structure and vocabulary of Iliad and Odyssey, these poems contain many rules and repeating phrases, but they are actually repeated throughout the text as well.

For a long time, Iliad and Odyssey have long been regarded as the basis of Western literature. And it provides insight into human condition for more than 2000 years. Although two Epic writers, Homer, know little about it, much of the historical events he wrote can be confirmed. This is particularly true for Iliad, which explains the Greek 10 year Trojan character. The current historical evidence supports the idea that a Greek attacker attacked Troy's castle and burnt down the city around 1200 BC. Most of the evidence can be found in works of the 19th century scholar Heinrich Schriman who used Homer 's poetry to find the city of Troy Troy today. Later archaeological evidence indicated that Troy was burned down on the day of traditional warfare. And it further confirmed the historical accuracy of the Dutch account.