1 janv. 1194 av. J.-C. - ANCHOR Historical: Beginning of Trojan War

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THE TROJAN WAR: HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE by Gerard Gertoux

The Egyptian priest Manetho (c. 280 BCE) ranged more precisely the beginning of the Trojan War under Tausert, while confirming the 7-year reign of [Siptah]-Tausert (1202-1194), he stated: Thuôris, who in Homer is called Polybus, husband of Alcandre10, and in whose time Troy was taken, reigned for 7 years11. These data, from Egyptian priests, are consistent with the precise date calculated by Eratosthenes (276-194), a great Alexandrian scholar appointed head of the Library in 245 BCE, who determined the fall of Troy in 1184 BCE. According to Thucydides (The Peloponnesian War I:11), the Trojan War began 10 years earlier (in 1194 BCE). Homer's text already mentioned the gap between the start of the war waged by the Achaeans and the fall of Troy and their failed landing in Egypt, 10 years later (Odyssey XIV:228-275).

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