Episode 6 - The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Trojan War

Hi, my name is Clayton Mills.  Welcome to ‘A Short Walk through our Long History’ - a podcast where we look at the events of history, and try to see how those events shaped our modern world. 

Welcome to Episode 6 -  The Iliad and the Trojan War.  

One of the most famous events of the ancient world is war between the Greeks and the Trojans, which is told in the epic novel the Iliad, and then finished in the Odyssey.  Funny thing is, we don’t know for sure if this war really happened!  

Regardless of whether the battle really happened, the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the most important and famous written works in all of human history.  So today we’re going to look at the stories, their author, their historical background, and the impact they had on Greek society, and on history.