A NEW ASTRONOMICAL DATING OF THE TROJAN WAR’S END

Authors

  • Papamarinopoulos S University of Patras, Department of Geology, 26504 Rio Patras, Greece
  • Preka-Papadema P University of Athens, Department of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanism, Faculty of Physics, 15784 Athens, Greece
  • Mitropetros P Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece
  • Antonopoulos P University of Patras, Department of Physics, 26504 Rio Patras, Greece 5Byron, Athens, Greece
  • Mitropetrou E Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece
  • Saranditis G Byron, Athens, Greece

Keywords:

Homer, Iliad, solar eclipse, Trojan War, Achilles shield, Patroclus

Abstract

A solar eclipse’s evolution was described in the Iliad in a stepwise mode manifested in increasing gradual darkness, during a warm day at late noon; from Sarpedon’s death time to few later from Patroclus’ death time. We examined the solar eclipses within the time span 1400-1130 B.C. and we found that only the annular solar eclipse on 6th June 1218 yr B.C. observable in Troy with significant obscuration 75.2 % fits fully with the Homeric descriptions.

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Published

2023-07-28

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Articles