Reconstructing Laomedon’s Reign in Homer: <i>Olympiomachia</i>, Poseidon’s Wall, and the Earlier Trojan War

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  • Andrew Porter UWM

Abstract

Homeric allusions to Laomedon, the walls of Troy, and the first Trojan War reflect a backstory of previous fighting among the Olympians, which helps to explain the Iliadic portrait of Zeus’s fear of insubordination among the other gods.

Author Biography

Andrew Porter, UWM

Assistant Professor

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Published

2014-09-17

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