Podcasts History The Ancient World Episode R7 The Man Who Sold Troy

Episode R7 The Man Who Sold Troy

Published: July 12, 2014, 5:28 a.m.

\u201cWho will persuade me, when I reclined upon a mighty tomb, that it did not contain a hero? \u2013 its very magnitude proved this.\xa0 Men do not labour over the ignoble and petty dead \u2013 and why should not the dead be Homer\u2019s dead?\u201d\xa0 \u2013 George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1810\nThree millennia after its fall, British archaeologist Frank Calvert used clues from Homer, and his own deep knowledge of the region, to establish the most likely site of ancient Troy.\xa0 Unable to finance the excavation, he was compelled to partner with wealthy enthusiast Heinrich Schliemann.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices