When Does "The Iliad" (800 BCE) Take Place?
"Iliás" (released to English-speaking audiences as "The Iliad") is a historical fiction epic poem written anonymously that released around 800 BCE. So when is "The Iliad" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because it depicts the end of the quasi-legendary Trojan War, which (though quasi-legendary) is usually placed in the ten years from 1194 BC to 1184 BC based on the writings of Eratosthenes and the archaeological record.
1184 BC
We know this because it depicts the end of the quasi-legendary Trojan War, which (though quasi-legendary) is usually placed in the ten years from 1194 BC to 1184 BC based on the writings of Eratosthenes and the archaeological record.
[HOWEVER, other writers dated the war to 1344 BC to 1334 BC, making the last year 1334 BC, or 1260 BC to 1250 BC, making the final year 1250 BC.]
The narrative lasts less than a month, in whichever calendar year it takes place in.
It was remade in 1983 as "Men in Aida" and partially in 2016 as "War Music".
It was adapted to the stage in 1602 as "Troilus and Cressida", partially as a painting in 1819, to film in 1911 as "The Fall of Troy", partially as a musical in 1954 titled "The Golden Apple", to film again 1956 called "Helen of Troy", as another film in 1961 titled "The Trojan Horse", partially as an opera in 1962 as "King Priam", to music in 1992 as "Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts", to music again in 2001 titled "And Then There Was Silence", to television in 2003 as "Helen of Troy", then to film again in 2004 titled "Troy", as a novel in 2009 titled "The Rage of Achilles", partially in a different novel in 2009 as "Ransom", another novel titled "The Song of Achilles", and then yet another novel called "The Silence of the Girls" in 2018.
