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 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] Modern

• "Troilus and Criseyde" by Geoffrey Chaucer, a poem in rhyme royal telling a tragic love story set during the war.
• Troilus and Cressida, William Shakespeare's dark interpretation of Chaucer's story.
• 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: The Lord of the Silver Bow, published in 2005.
  • Troy: Shield of Thunder, published in 2006.
  • Troy: Fall of the Kings, unpublished at the time of his death.
• 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.