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[Rudder]

Well, what’s the date?

[yarddog]

I doubt there was a real Trojan horse, tho I bet there really was a Trojan war.

Schlieman used the Iliad as a guide to locating the lost city and it proved accurate but that doesn’t mean every single thing in it is the gospel.

[Always Right]

[KarlInOhio]

Scientists calculate the exact date of the Trojan horse using eclipse in Homer

No. The story states that an exact date was calculated for Odysseus's return (April 16, 1178), but not for the date of the Trojan Horse. Then they counted backwards ten years to get the date of the attack on Troy, but they don't have an exact date for that.

Can't the headline writers at least try to read the article?

[Publius6961]

The legend of the fall of Troy is mentioned in Virgil and Homer's poems but it is believed to be based on truth and the exact date has been the subject of much debate.

I am not an astronomer, nor do I have an ephemeris handy to check this out, but since there is a 10-year "difference" here, and since eclipses occur every year, I don't see the debate ending any time soon.

Then there's the definition of "date". The calendar used at the time? The Julian Calendar? The Gregorian calendar? modern "adjusted" calendar?

What?

[swain_forkbeard]

“...Virgil and Homer’s poems...”

They just don’t write ‘em like that anymore.

[Adder]

Eclipses, Geeks,....

and I never understood why they fought over Trojans, when you could get them for free at the Ilium Health Clinic...

[Hacklehead]

“Scientists calculate the exact date of the Trojan horse using eclipse in Homer”

So an eclipse used a Trojan Horse that was inside Homer?

[guppas]

Damn! I’m glad we finally got that worked out. Now we have to move on to the weather/wind calculations for the parting of the Red Sea. These scientists are sure improving the world, aren’t they!

[Raycpa]

If its an account that is ex-biblical then it is considered to be true and free from translation errors.

If its a biblical account it is considered purely fiction created by poor nomads who wanted to make themselves feel important and all accounts have no facts or are subject to eons of translation errors.

[Polynikes]

I always thought the Trojan Horse reference was a metaphor for an earthquake. If an eclipse occurred it would mean considerable stress on existing faults. I can’t find a reference yet but I remember reading about the Greeks referring to earthquakes as “thundering hooves or a stampede of a horse herd”.

[SunkenCiv]

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