a city that lives on in people's memories... an epic tale of life, love, revenge and battle. Its story has inspired many authors over the years...
The movie Troy is based on Homer's Iliad. Homer wrote of the end and the aftermath of the war in The Odyssey. Virgil continued the story in his Aeneid, the story of Aeneas of Troy and the founding of Rome.
Teen fiction
Ken Catran
The war in front of the God-built walls of Troy has continued for nine years. The Greek confederation has lost one of its most valuable members in Pyrrhus' father, the God-descended Achilles. Pyrrhus, a boy of sixteen, left behind at home with his mother, eagerly answers the call from his countrymen to fulfill a prophecy. One that says that Troy will never fall unless he leads his people there. But things are never simple in battle and truce, and Pyrrhus must learn much before he can walk through the streets of Troy.
Ken has also written Black ships ablaze, the story of the Trojan War from the point of view of slaves.
Caroline B. Cooney
Anaxandra begins life on a rocky unnamed island but is taken hostage by King Nicander. After Nicander's ilsand is pillaged by pirates she is rescued by King Menelaus. Anaxandra takes on the identity of Nicander's dead daughter Callisto. But one person doesn't believe her story - Helen, Menelaus' wife. Anaxandra is there when Helen and Paris fall in love. There when the Trojan War begins.
Adele Geras
It's the last weeks of the Trojan War and the women are tired of it all. And teenagers don't change much over the years - romance is top of their minds.
Followed by Ithaka
Nancy Krulik
Sabrina decides to go with her aunts to a boring family reunion. She goes to Greece to have a perfect vacation in the beaches, but realises that it is in Ancient Greece. From on Mount Olympus Sabrina catches Zeus's eye. His jealous wife puts a curse on Sabrina making her wish come true, being absolutely irresistible among men. But this wish turns into a nightmare when the Greeks and Trojans are ready to go to war over her. She then realises that being the most irresistible girl wasn't always the best thing for her.
Best character: Sabrina
Madhari, 13
Donna Jo Napoli
Half-human Sirena wants no part of the fate that says she must lure Greek sailors onto the rocks in the time of the Trojan War.
Theresa Tomlinson
It's Myrina's time to become a Moon Rider - a fabled warrior priestess - an Amazon. She knows how to dance the sacred dances, how to ride, how to hunt - and how to fight. The Trojan War looms, and all her skills will be needed if any of her people are to survive the devastation.
Followed by The voyage of the snake lady
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Adult fiction
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The story of the Trojan War told from the point-of-view of Kassandra, the doomed prophet-princess.
Recommended for ages 16+
Lindsay Clarke
The mythic origins of the Trojan War.
David Gemmell
Fantasy author Gemmell explores the Trojan War through the eyes of three people.
Eric Shanower
A graphic novel telling of the beginnings of the Trojan War.
Dan Simmons
A 20th century scholar is transported onto the plains of Ilium to watch the Trojan War.
Recommended for ages 16+
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