The Trojan War

Paradigm of all conflicts and conflictualities

Authors

  • Maria de Fátima Silva University of Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/0870-4112_3-9_1

Keywords:

cosmic dimension, human intervention, terrain, interculturality, alliances

Abstract

To consider the Trojan War in the context of a reflection on 'conflicts and conflictualities' corresponds to assessing a paradigm of the phenomenon that we globally call 'war'. Even if shrouded in fantasy, the campaign waged near Troy, as described by the poet of the Iliad, contains all the features that convention and the reality of a conflict keep repeating. Dimension, causes, cultural confrontations, personal and collective interests will always be the presuppositions of the phenomenon. To which it must be added, on a more specific level, issues raised by the hierarchy of command, the relationship between leaders and subordinates and, in such a human phenomenon as war, by sensitivities and emotions.

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Author Biography

Maria de Fátima Silva, University of Coimbra

Doutora em Letras pela Universidade de Coimbra, na especialidade de Literatura Grega, com a tese Crítica do teatro na Comédia Antiga. Professora Catedrática da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, tem dedicado a sua investigação à literatura, ao teatro, à historiografia e à filosofia dos Gregos, designadamente a Aristófanes, Eurípides, Heródoto e Aristóteles.

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Published

2023-12-20

Issue

No. 9 (2023): Conflict and Conflictualities

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