Troy (settlement)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/16093

an ancient city, site of the Trojan War

Names

  • Greek: Τροίαν = Troian 1
  • Greek: Ἰλίου = Iliou 2
  • Syriac: ܐܝܠܝܘܢ = ʾYLYWN 3-4

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1-2 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 3-4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Troy: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.55 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Troy: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 8.30 [Greek with English translation].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 11 [Syriac].
    • Ilion: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 23, 24, 52, 53, 56, 57; II, 241 [French].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 34 [Syriac].
    • Troie: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 47, 53, 55, 57, 81, 89 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Troy” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/16093.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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