The influences behind Conan the Barbarian

Following one thread, 7 works from Conan the Barbarian to The Iliad. Back to all 28 works

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   c. 750 BCE

   The Iliad

   Homer

   Archaic Greece. Archaic Greece. Written in Ancient Greek.

   The epic of Achilles' wrath during the Trojan War.

   What it handed down

   To History of the Peloponnesian War

   Thematic kinship, well documented.

   Thucydides' opening 'Archaeology' uses the Trojan War as evidence for early Greek power and supplies. It measures his own war against Homer's.

   To Histories

   Thematic kinship, well documented.

   Herodotus frames his history as an account of great deeds and the causes of war between Greeks and Asians, a Homeric subject. In Book 2 he argues with Homer's version of Helen and Troy.

   To The Odyssey (c. 725 BCE)

   Thematic kinship, probable.

   The Odyssey assumes the story of the Iliad and continues it through the homecoming of one of its heroes. Its flashbacks retell events from Troy.

   Where it came from

   This is one of the oldest surviving works in its tradition; the line ends here.

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