A Unique Variant on the Trojan War and Founding of Rome According to a Recently Discovered Armenian Epitome
Cowe, S. Peter · 2010
The lead article of REA vol. 32, presenting a newly discovered Armenian epitome preserving a distinctive variant of the Trojan War narrative and the founding of Rome, and what it shows about how classical legend was received and reshaped in Armenian literary tradition.
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Cowe, S. Peter 2010. A Unique Variant on the Trojan War and Founding of Rome According to a Recently Discovered Armenian Epitome. Revue des Études Arméniennes, Vol. 32 (2010), pp. 1–24 (Peeters); DOI 10.2143/REA.32.0.2050514. https://doi.org/10.2143/REA.32.0.2050514
What this offers a reader
Armenians retold the Trojan War in their own way. Here is a version nobody knew existed.
Presents a newly discovered text; lead article of the volume.
Greek and Roman legend, absorbed and rewritten in Armenian.
A newly found Armenian manuscript tells the Trojan War differently.
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