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Homer, Troy and the Turks : Heritage and Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire, 1870-1915 /

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Homer's stories of Troy are part of the foundations of Western culture. What's less well known is that they also inspired Ottoman-Turkish cultural traditions. Yet even with all the historical and archaeological research into Homer and Troy, most scholars today rely heavily on Western sources, giving...

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Main Author: Uslu, Günay (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homer.
Homer > Influence.
Turkey.
Empire ottoman > Histoire.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
HISTORY > Middle East > Turkey & Ottoman Empire.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
Regional & national history.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The discovery of Troy : Schliemann and the Ottomans in the 1870s
  • Classical antiquities and Ottoman patrimony : the Muslim elite and their involvement with classical civilization
  • A closer watch on Schliemann (1882-1885)
  • Homer and Troy in Ottoman literature : an overview
  • Homer and Troy during the final years of the Empire
  • Epilogue of an empire.

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