Date of Submission
Spring 2021
Academic Program
Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literature
Project Advisor 1
Karen Sullivan
Abstract/Artist's Statement
This study explores three different claims made on a Trojan foundational myth, centered around the cultures found in Rome, Britain, and Scandinavia. Why would these peoples, centuries removed from the epic race, make such a claim as the basis for their history? This project studies the history of these distinct cultures, how and where they gained their understanding of the Trojan legend, and under what motivations did they wish to make their individual claims. The project then turns to a close reading of the specific literature that constructs the Trojan allegation: Vergil's Aeneid, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regnum Britanniae, and finally Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda.
Open Access Agreement
Open Access
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Recommended Citation
Szabo, Kristof S., "Trojans Abroad: Two Thousand Years of Wandering" (2021). Senior Projects Spring 2021. 320.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2021/320
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Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity Commons, Medieval Studies Commons