History of the Iliad and the Trojan War

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Why do you think the Trojan War is still such a fascinating story, over three thousand years after it occurred?

[@HistoryfortheAges]

Like many Greek stories they deal with elements that are part of our core human nature. In my class I discuss the play Antigone, at it's core it deals with Hubris, which is still something we deal with today. So even though these works are 1000's of years old they still resonate with folks today.

[@ivanjuarez7731]

One fact about these many stories and folklore, they all contain an essence of truth.

[@stevenbrown9275]

The Iliad is a brilliant work of literature and that alone would make the events within it famous.

[@aaronlazaro7226]

Thank you for uploading these videos because I hope to share them with my students this incoming school year as part of our Greek mythology class.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

You're very welcome! We hope your students enjoy them. 😊

[@HistoryfortheAges]

Great concise explanation.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks so much!

[@tomweiss9600]

Thanks for putting this together. Actually got to the end of the Iliad a few years ago and was so sad that it didn’t finish the war!

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Our pleasure. Yeah, we think it ends in a bit of a weird spot as well. Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@ersintuner8228]

My father's Village is where place of Trojan War area. This Village located area is name of as mythological Agonya in Türkiye. According to mythological, Ida Mountain and now we call Kaz Mountain.and also Paris was a shepherd here. It is a really fantastik area.

[@lunagonzalezramirez7120]

Kelly, I just wanted to tell you that me finding your channel is a weird and amazing coincidence. I’m currently studying philosophy in the university of Guadalajara. I’d been trying to read the Iliad for a while but I hadn’t found any good and clear introduction to the first 9 years. Today I saw the book on my bookshelf and I thought to give it a try once more. I immediately went to youtube for a good introduction and found your channel. At the end I realized that you uploaded the video today! That’s AMAZINGGGGGG! I really liked it and it helped me big time on my reading, everything is much clearer now. Thank you very much for your hard work! It really is interesting.

[@AssaultSpeed]

Try Edith Hamiltons book Mythology if you want more Greek mythology, including the Iliad.

[@CountNosaj]

If I had a drachma for every time I experienced something like that, I'd be a millionaire. There's much more to this world than meets the eye!

[@johnofemslie]

The answer: because Homer wrote about it. The answer is obvious, but we'd like to think there must be a historical reason. But we know the story of Helen and the Wooden Horse for the same reason we know Macbeth. Not becasue Macbeth was so singular a King or the Trojan War so a remarkable point in history (history is replete within endless war begun becasue the human ego thinks so little of human life) The story is so fascinating beause Homer was so sigular: We read Homer becasue he is Homer. The Trojan War gets taken up along with "him".

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Well said. Thanks for watching!

[@Chase_baker_1996]

In one Greek myth Zeus fell in love with Nemesis and persued her over the earth and through the sea, she constantly changed her form Zeus copulated with her when he took the form if a swan and Nemesis laid an egg which created Helen

[@mateussantos443]

Wonderful ❤️❤️

[@historydocumentary]

Great video Tyvm

[@starcapture3040]

The iliad is the second fullest epic after gilgamesh to be preserved so its old age makes it a time machine capsule

[@Tekmirion]

Nice video Kelly!

[@jennypoussin3866]

Troy story: to infinity and beyond! Starring Homer Simpson and Brad Pitt ☺️ Joke aside thanks so much for the history lessons Kelly 😊

[@Davlavi]

fascinating

[@AssaultSpeed]

Want that shirt, couldn't find it on the merch store.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Hi Apollo! You can find this shirt at flarohillustration.com/store

[@violetabuffa]

Existe este canal en español , francés o italiano ?

[@donttakeitpersonal8704]

So the Iliad ass we have it today is the one that Pisistratus in the 6th century standardised right? I heard something like that.

[@croatianwarmaster7872]

What does B.C.E. mean?

[@julidaimari8352]

You 'the host' look beautiful 😍. And if you made some animation in the narration, it would be more interesting.

[@timdacey4520]

I love woman with smarts...right on..

[@davidbarber3821]

I image her on a date giving history lessons like this

[@davidbarber3821]

Nothing like the Brad Pit movie

[@tokintekaiarikiti3602]

Very interesting and you presented the story certainly well, I was very interested in what prince Paris do. He was stole the wife of someone. So it means he commit sin to take someone wife. And God said not to love someone wife. The God was angry at Troy and destroy it. If the people of Troy send back Helen to his husband the God must very happy about it. But what Troy do itis happy to support sin, Troy didn't punished sinners but praised them that why the God was angry and destroyed Troy.

[@stevecarnes3541]

θαυμάσια!

[@thefanone]

Any way he chose it was bound 2 b a mesa. Helen was beautiful but also married. He definitely needed 2 not choose her. I probably would have chosen riches.

[@JamesPortoraro]

How annoying this BCE woke way of talking

[@mejoe444]

Where is the location of the city Troy?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

It is located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey.