Vlog: The Trojan War



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As the Trojan War was an obsession of my adolescence, it took place before the days of blogging.  Nevertheless, I have occasionally referred to it on this blog:

Talking about the “The Trojan War” By Olivia Coolidge on my list of books that changed my life:
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2005/06/because-im-bored-at-school-and-i-have.html

Talking about my expectations for the movie Troy before it came out:

http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2004/05/joels-movie-reviews-as-indicated-in.html

Talking about the movie Troy after I saw it:

http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2004/05/troy-oh-yeah-and-when-i-was-in.html

High school essay I wrote on the Trojan War:
http://papersiwrote.blogspot.com/2005/11/trojan-war-high-school-essay.html

My review of Ilium by Dan Simmons (a take-off on the Trojan War Story):
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2007/01/ilium-by-dan-simmons.html

My review of Olympus (sequel to Ilium):
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2007/02/olympus-by-dan-simmons.html

My defense of the Iliad (recounting comments that I left on someone else's blog):
https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2010/10/defending-iliad.html

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