Troy: myth and reality

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum, this beautifully illustrated book searches for the facts behind the 3,000-year-old legend that is Troy. The story of the Trojan war was first told through the epic accounts in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and in Virgil’s Aeneid. This book looks past the myths, examining the ways in which Troy has influenced storytellers, artists, composers and writers through the centuries.