The language spoken by the Trojans in the Iliad is Homeric Greek. However, it is unlikely that this is the language actually spoken by the inhabitants of Troy. The Anatolian city of Wilusa, identified with the site Troy VIIa, is identified with the Troy of the Greek epics to a greater or lesser degree, depending on judgements regarding the historicity of the Iliad. The language likely to have been prevalent in the historical city is Luwian, although there are no direct records.

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  • The language spoken by the Trojans in the Iliad is Homeric Greek. However, it is unlikely that this is the language actually spoken by the inhabitants of Troy. The Anatolian city of Wilusa, identified with the site Troy VIIa, is identified with the Troy of the Greek epics to a greater or lesser degree, depending on judgements regarding the historicity of the Iliad. The language likely to have been prevalent in the historical city is Luwian, although there are no direct records. The cultural context in which the lost Trojan language existed was described by Jaan Puhvel, Homer and Hittite (1991).
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  • Andrew Dalby
  • Joachim Latacz
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  • Andrew
  • Joachim
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  • 199263086 (xsd:integer)
  • 393057887 (xsd:integer)
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  • New York, London
  • Oxford
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  • Norton
  • Oxford University Press
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  • Dalby
  • Latacz
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  • Rediscovering Homer
  • Troy and Homer: towards a solution of an old mystery
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  • 2004 (xsd:integer)
  • 2006 (xsd:integer)
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  • The language spoken by the Trojans in the Iliad is Homeric Greek. However, it is unlikely that this is the language actually spoken by the inhabitants of Troy. The Anatolian city of Wilusa, identified with the site Troy VIIa, is identified with the Troy of the Greek epics to a greater or lesser degree, depending on judgements regarding the historicity of the Iliad. The language likely to have been prevalent in the historical city is Luwian, although there are no direct records.
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  • Trojan language
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