Trojan War in art and literature

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The legends of the Trojan War have inspired many works of art and literature, including:

Contents 1 Literature 1.1 Classical 1.1.1 Greek 1.1.2 Latin 1.2 Mediaeval 1.3 Modern 2 Movies 3 Television 4 Comics and graphic novels 5 Videogames

[edit] Literature

[edit] Classical

[edit] Greek

• the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer
• the Epic Cycle:
  • the Kypria, attributed to Stasinos of Cyprus
  • the Aithiopis
  • the Little Iliad
  • the Iliou Persis ("Sack of Troy")
  • the Nostoi ("Returns")
• several poems by Stesichorus, Alcaeus, and Sappho
• numerous plays, mostly tragedies:
  • by Aeschylus:
    • Agamemnon
    • Libation Bearers
  • by Sophocles:
    • Aias
    • Philoctetes
    • Electra
  • by Euripides:
    • Iphigeneia in Aulis
    • Trojan Women
    • Hecuba
    • Andromache
    • Helen
    • Electra
    • Orestes
    • Iphigeneia among the Taurians
    • Cyclops
  • author unknown:
    • Rhesus
• the Ephemeris, purporting to be by Dictys of Crete
• the Fall of Troy, purporting to be by Dares of Phrygia
• the Capture of Troy by Triphiodorus
• the Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (4th century AD)

[edit] Latin

• the Aeneid by Virgil (book 2)
• the Metamorphoses by Ovid (books 12-14)
• the Achilleis by Statius

[edit] Mediaeval

• Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (ca. 1160), derived from Dictys and Dares.
• Historiae destructionis Troiae by Guido delle Colonne (1287), derived from Benoît.
• Il filostrato by Boccaccio, derived from Benoît and Colonne.
• "Troilus and Criseyde" by Geoffrey Chaucer, a poem in rhyme royal telling a tragic love story set during the war, derived from the above works.

[edit] Modern

• Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, published in 1474, the first printed book to be published in English, containing Caxton's translation of Raoul le Fevre's work, in turn derived from Benoît.
• Troilus and Cressida, William Shakespeare's dark interpretation of Chaucer's story, derived from Caxton's Recuyell.
• Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, written in 1604, features Helen of Troy.
• Faust, Part 2 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published in 1832 features Helen of Troy.
• Women of Destiny: A Story of the Trojan War by Clemence McLaren published in 1996.
• The Song of Troy by Colleen McCullough published in 1998.
• Achilles by Elizabeth Cook published in 2002.
• The Siege of Troy by Greg Tobin published in 2004.
• The Talisman of Troy: A Novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi published in 2004.
• Lindsay Clarke's Troy series:
  • The War at Troy, published in 2004.
  • Return from Troy, published in 2005.
• David Gemmell's Troy Series:
  • Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow, published in 2005.
  • Troy: Shield of Thunder, published in 2006.
  • Troy: Fall of Kings, unpublished at the time of his death - due September 2007
• Gene by Stel Pavlou, published in 2005, is the story of a soldier from the Trojan War reincarnated seven times through history.
• The Memoirs of Helen of Troy by Amanda Elyot published in 2005.
• Ilium by Dan Simmons, published in 2003, gives the story of Troy a science fiction twist.
• Leda and the swan by William Butler Yeats alludes to the Trojan War.

[edit] Movies

• Helen of Troy (1956), featuring Stanley Baker as Achilles.
• Doctor Faustus (1967 film), by Richard Burton and Nevill Coghill, stars Elizabeth Taylor as Helen of Troy and Richard Burton as Doctor Faustus.
• Troy, by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector, Orlando Bloom as Paris, and Diane Kruger as Helen; released in 2004.

[edit] Television

• "The Myth Makers", a 1965 Doctor Who serial, depicted the last days of the war satirically.
• Time Commanders, a BBC television programme about ancient battle strategy, fought out the battle of Troy in one episode.
• Helen of Troy (2003), a miniseries starring Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon and Sienna Guillory as Helen.

[edit] Comics and graphic novels

• Age of Bronze an ongoing series by writer and artist Eric Shanower, published by Image Comics.
  • Age of Bronze volume 1: A Thousand Ships (2001), in collecting issues #1 - 9.
  • Age of Bronze volume 2: Sacrifice (2005), collecting issues #10 - 19.

[edit] Videogames

• Battle for Troy a 3D strategy game by ValuSoft and Zono Inc. released in 2004.
• Gates of Troy a turn based strategy expansion for the game Spartan, by Matrix Games and Slitherine Soft, released in 2004.
• The Trojan War appears a scenario in the Greek campaign for the RTS computer game Empire Earth.
• Age of Mythology, an RTS game by Ensemble Studios and Microsoft released in 2002, in which several missions deal with the capture of Troy.