The Fall of the Phoenix by Daniel Kelly

The Fall of the Phoenix by Daniel Kelly

The long siege of Troy, the battles fought over it, and the city's eventual capitulation and incineration are events which have often been retold since their first recitation by Homer. Seldom, however, will they have been narrated with such close attention to the minute particulars of battle, to its reek and terror and pain, as in this startling account by Daniel Kelly. Kelly looks minutely at every detail of archaic combat, as well as at the lives and feelings shaped by it. His Troy is not only a scene of shining glory, but also a grimy struggle for survival and mastery. And he introduces surprising questions: what if not everything in the Trojan war came to pass just as Homer tells us? What if the future of the Roman empire were hidden in the burning ashes of Troy's - and not in the way we might expect?

Daniel Kelly is an Associate Professor at Purdue University's Department of Philosophy.

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ISBN 13	9781788301954
ISBN 10	1788301951
Title	The Fall of the Phoenix
Author	Daniel Kelly
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Olympia Publishers
Year published	2018-08-30
Number of pages	244
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