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Homer's Cultural Children: The Myth of Troy and European Identity
- History & Memory
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 29, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2017
- pp. 35-62
- 10.2979/histmemo.29.2.03
- Article
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This article seeks to demonstrate how the myth of Troy is still relevant to modern-day European culture and identity, drawing on Gregor Feindt et al.'s concept of "entangled memory" as a theoretical foundation. In order to support this claim, it discusses Wolfgang Petersen's movie Troy (2004), the successful exhibition Troy—Dream and Reality that opened in Germany in 2001; the heated debate sparked by this exhibition among German scholars; and the political discussion about Turkey's unsuccessful application for membership in the European Union, in which references to Troy played a surprising role.