Homer, Troy and the Turks :
Uslu, Günay,
Homer, Troy and the Turks : Heritage and Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire 1870-1915 / Günay Uslu. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017] ©2017 - 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations - Heritage and Memory Studies . - Heritage and memory studies. .
Originally presented as the author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Open Access
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 Ottoman work in the field short shrift. This book helps right that balance, exploring Ottoman-Turkish involvement and interest in the subject between 1870, when Heinrich Schliemann began his excavations in search of Troy on Ottoman soil, and the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, which gave the Turks their own version of the heroic epic of Troy.
9789048532735 9048532736 9789462982697 9462982694
Homer--Influence.
Homer.
Regional & national history.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Ancient Languages.
HISTORY--Turkey & Ottoman Empire.--Middle East
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Turkey.
Electronic books.
History.
DR568 / .U85 2017eb
Homer, Troy and the Turks : Heritage and Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire 1870-1915 / Günay Uslu. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017] ©2017 - 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations - Heritage and Memory Studies . - Heritage and memory studies. .
Originally presented as the author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Open Access
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 Ottoman work in the field short shrift. This book helps right that balance, exploring Ottoman-Turkish involvement and interest in the subject between 1870, when Heinrich Schliemann began his excavations in search of Troy on Ottoman soil, and the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, which gave the Turks their own version of the heroic epic of Troy.
9789048532735 9048532736 9789462982697 9462982694
Homer--Influence.
Homer.
Regional & national history.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Ancient Languages.
HISTORY--Turkey & Ottoman Empire.--Middle East
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Turkey.
Electronic books.
History.
DR568 / .U85 2017eb