Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast18 Feb 2024

16- Lord of Troy

Troy is finally going to be introduced into the mix! To get there, we need a few ingredients- a cow won by wrestling, a statuette falling from the heavens, and of course a descendant of Zeus whose name is pronounced shockingly inconsistently throughout.

Sources for this episode:

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Cooke. T. (1728), The Works of Hesiod, Translated from the Greek (Volume II). London: Printed by N. Blandford.
The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2019), Croesus (online) (Accessed 15/02/2024).
Evelyn-White, H. G. (1943), Hesiod: The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. London: William Heinemann Ltd.
Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus: The Library (Volume I). London: William Heinemann.
Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus: The Library (Volume II). London: William Heinemann.
Guerber, H. A. (1929), The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin. London: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.
Jones, H. L. (1950), The Geography of Strabo (Volume VI). London: William Heinemann Ltd.
Wheelwright, C. A. (1844), Pindar. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Ilus (son of Tros) (online) (Accessed 13/02 and 18/02/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Palladium (classical antiquity) (online) (Accessed 13/02/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Pallas (daughter of Triton) (online) (Accessed 13/02/2024).

I should mention I've been unable to find the video I reference with regard to Tithonus, but the point made about the myth in the episode would still hold.

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