The Trojan War (33 page)
Authors: Barry Strauss
Agamemnon as described by
Bronze Age as depicted by
Bronze Age literary style and
criticism of
guerrilla warfare in
Hector as described by
heroes as focus of
maritime world as described by
Olympians in
Thersites as described by
Trojan War story of
see also Iliad
honor
Horemheb
horses
humor
Iahdun-Lim, King of Mari
Idaeus
Idomeneus, King of Crete
Iliad
(Homer)
Catalog of Ships in
idealization of war in
malaria reference in
Menelaus described in
Olympians in
sea power in
swords in
Trojan War as told in
see also
Homer
Iliupersis
Imbrios
infantry
Iphiclus
Iphigenia
Iphis
iron
Iron Age
Ishme-Dagan, Prince of Ekallatum
Ishtar
Ismarus, sack of
Iyarri
Japan
Jason the Argonaut
javelin
Kamose, Pharaoh of Egypt
Kirta
Kirta
(epic)
Kukkunni, King of Troy
Kupanta-Kurunta, King of Arzawa
Laertes
lance
Laocöon
Laomedon, King of Troy
Late Bronze Age
leadership:
personal
in pitched battle
by subordinate officials
Lemnos, Greek raid on
Leuctra, Battle of
levirate marriage, practice of
Linear B writing system
Little Iliad
Locrians
Luwian (language)
Lycaon, Prince of Troy
Lycia
Lycomedes
Lyrnessus
Macedonia
Machaon
Madduwatta, Anatolian king
malaria
Marathon, Battle of
marriage:
levirate
medicine, practice of
Meges
Megiddo, Battle of
Melanippus
Memnon, King of the Aethiopians
Menelaus, King of Sparta
background of
description of
in envoy mission to Trojans
Helen's reunion with
Paris's duel with
wounded
Menoetius
Merikare, King of Egypt
Meriones
Merneptah, Pharaoh of Egypt
Mesopotamia
Middle Bronze Age
military signaling
Minoan civilization
Mira
Murshilish II, King of the Hittites
Mycenae
Mynes
Myrmidons
Mysia, raid on
Naue II sword
Naramsin, King
Neoptolemus
Nestor, King of Pylos
Netherlands
noise of battle
Nostoi
Nubia
Odysseus
in Chryseis escort mission
in debate on Achilles' armor
description of
in envoy mission to Troy
Helen and
Ismarus sacked by
in journey home
mutiny broken by
Neoptolemus recruited by
in nighttime scouting expedition
in secret mission into Troy
Trojan Horse ruse and
Trojan War as characterized by
wounded
Odyssey
(Homer)
reunited Menelaus and Helen in
Olympic Games
Onetor
paean, as term
Palaic (language)
Palladium
Pallas Athena
Pandarus
Panthous
Paphlagonia
Paris, Prince of Troy
Alexander as his Greek name
death of
description of
Helen abducted by
Helen's first meeting with
Menelaus's duel with
personality of
Trojan War as characterized by
Patroclus
death of
Patton, George
Pedasos (horse)
Pedasus (town)
Peleus
Peloponnesian War
Penelope
penteconters
Penthesilea
Persian Empire
phalanx formation
Phegeus
Phereclus
Philistines
Philoctetes
Phoenix
Phorbas
Phrontis
Phrygia
pikes
Pindar
piracy
Pithana, King of the Hittites
Piyamaradu
Plato
Podes
Point Iria shipwreck
Polites
Polydamas
Polydeukes
Polydorus
Polyxena
Poseidon
pottery
Priam, King of Troy
death of
in Greek-Trojan negotiations
Hector's corpse and
Helen and
personality of
Trojan alliances formed by
Protesilaus
Ptah (god)
Puduhepa, Queen of the Hittites
Pylos, Kingdom of
Qadesh, Battle of
Quintus Smyrnaeus
raids
as guerrilla warfare
in Ismarus
on Mysia
on Scyros
on Thebes-under-Plakos
Rameses II, Pharaoh of Egypt
rams:
naval
Returns, The
Rhesus, King of Thrace
Roman Empire
Rommel, Ernst
ruse, as war tactic
Russia
Sack of Ilium
Salamis, Battle of
Sarmatian culture
Sarpedon
Sauromatian culture
Scaean Gate (Troy)
scepter, as symbol
Schliemann, Heinrich
Scyros, Greek raid on
Scythian culture
sealing, practice of
Sea Peoples
Selipiades
Seti I, Pharaoh of Egypt
Shalmaneser I, King of Assyria
Shamsi-Adad, King of Ekallatum
Shardana
shields
ships
Shuppiluliuma I, King of the Hittites
Shuppiluliuma II, King of the Hittites
siege, of cities
siege engines
siege towers
signaling, military
Sinon
slaving, practice of
slingers
snakes
“song of the bulls,”
South Gate (Troy)
Sparta
spears
Statius
Sthenelus
stratigraphy
Sudan
swords
Tarentum
Tawagalawa
Telegony
Telemachus
Telephus, King of Mysia
Tenedos
Teshub
Teucer
Theano
Thebes
Thebes-under-Plakos
Thersites
Theseus
Thessalians
Thetis
Thrace, modern
Thrace, Thracians
Thrasymedes
Thucydides
Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt
Tiryns
Tithonus
Tlepolemus
trepanning, practice of
Troad,
Trojan Horse,
animal imagery and
burning of Troy and
as decoy
departure of Greeks and
as fiction
Greek plan for
in Greek victory
Helen and
Laocöon and
Odysseus and
sack of Troy and
Sinon's role in
Trojan debate on
wood of
Trojan War:
captive civilians in
causes of
common soldier in
cremation burials in
dating of
epidemic in
food hunting in
gods in
Greek dissension after
Greek mutiny in
guerrilla warfare in,
see
guerrilla warfare
Homer's story of
leaders and generals of
length of
nature of
new generation of warriors in
number of soldiers in
Odysseus's characterization of
Paris's description of
plundering raids in
snake omen and
veracity of
see also
beachhead, battle of the; Trojan Horse; Trojan War, pitched battle in; walls, Greek assault on
Trojan War, pitched battle in:
Eris's visit and
firing of ships in
gods and
Greek discipline in
Hector's death in
Hector's frontal assault and
in
Iliad
