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Hittite Literary Evidence

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2020

Corinne Ondine Pache
Affiliation:
Trinity University, San Antonio
Casey Dué
Affiliation:
University of Houston
Susan Lupack
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Robert Lamberton
Affiliation:
Washington University, St Louis
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The essay discusses the Hittite literary evidence for the site of Wilusa, the location of Ahhiyawa, and wars fought in the region of Troy during the Late Bronze Age. It is suggested that Wilusa was the Hittite name for Troy; that their term Ahhiyawa was a reference to the Mycenaeans and, most likely, to mainland Greece; and that there were at least four wars in which the Hittites were either involved or knew of that were fought in the vicinity of Troy during the fifteenth to twelfth centuries b.c.e.

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Print publication year: 2020

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