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Collectively these are know as the Trojan War Epic Cycle (Wikipedia offers a solid overview of this). Then there are a host of вЂњlost works, fragments of works, commentaries on lost works, etc etc) that make up the balance of the story. The вЂњbig worksвЂќ where you will find parts of the story include: HomerвЂ™s Iliad (which my podcast enters in Episode 11 and exits in following Episode 16) HomerвЂ™s Odyssey (which makes references to the war) and VirgilвЂ™s Aeneid (which tells the Trojan Horse story in the most detail). It developed over time (nearly 1000 years) initially via what is generally referred to as вЂњthe oral traditionвЂќ, and then by various authors/storytellers adding episodes to the overarching story arc. The Trojan War Epic story does not exist in any one work of literature. Hi Paul: Glad that you are loving my podcast! Your question is actually pretty complex, but hereвЂ™s the short answer. (Note Also: The вЂњimmortal goddessвЂќ Aphrodite cries, whimpers and generally behaves like a spoiled 5 year old when she receives a minor scratch in battle вЂ¦ hardly the appropriate response of an вЂњimmortalвЂќ goddess вЂ¦.). But do the gods behave as if they are ageless? Clearly no. So: are the gods ageless? Technically: yes. In Book 14 of Iliad Hera is SO desperate to still appeal to Zeus that, after hours fussing over clothing and makeup, she still has to resort to begging an aphrodisiac (from another goddess) before attempting to initiate a sexual encounter with her husband. But in the meantime: Hera might not physically age, but she clearly struggles mightily, and in VERY human ways, with keeping her husband Zeus вЂњinterestedвЂќ in her.

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I donвЂ™t want to give away too much since you are just in Episode One, but in Post-Story Commentaries later in the series I address this вЂњinconsistent portrayal of the GodsвЂќ in detail. So though they are, in theory, immortal and ageless, they in all other respects behave (and often think) exactly like human beings. The Olympian Gods (especially as portrayed in HomerвЂ™s Iliad) are вЂњanthropomorphic godsвЂќ. I conclude the post-story commentary by definitively answering the burning question of whether the Trojan War ever really happened.

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I confess to how wonderfully liberating it is for a storyteller like me to be free to sort through the myriad sources, stories and texts (many of which contradict each other), and then вЂњglue them togetherвЂќ into one big, cohesive, entertaining plot. Then I review the вЂњhistoryвЂќ of the story: from a war that may or may not have happened circa 1250 BCE, through five hundred years of post-war вЂњoral traditionвЂќ, up to HomerвЂ™s written account вЂ“ The Iliad вЂ“ in 700 BCE, and on to the contributions of further storytellers, including the Roman poet Virgil in 19 BCE. I note howВ we are all familiar with the names (Achilles, Helen of Troy, Hector), the images (The Trojan Horse), and the concepts (вЂњthe face that launched a thousand shipsвЂќ вЂњbeware of Greeks bearing giftsвЂќ вЂњhis AchillesвЂ™ HeelвЂќ) that originate in this epic.

THE COMMENTARY: DID THE TROJAN WAR REALLY вЂњHAPPENвЂќ? (9 minutes begins at 40:00) In this episode of post-story commentary I spend some time talking about how the Trojan War epic, though over three thousand years old, remains deeply embedded in contemporary culture. And the wheels of Western cultureвЂ™s most awesome epic вЂ“ the Trojan War вЂ“ are set in motion. An uninvited guest crashes, bringing an unwelcome gift. THE STORY:В (40 minutes) Zeus, King of the Gods, hosts a wedding. Subscribe through your usual podcast provider, or go to ! ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST вЂ“ my 14 episode, 24 hour sequel to Trojan War: The Podcast вЂ“ is now recorded and waiting for you.

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