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How Many Ships Does It Take to Sack Troy? Do the Math with the Ilias Latina
- Classical World
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 112, Number 3, Spring 2019
- pp. 161-168
- 10.1353/clw.2019.0030
- Article
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Abstract
ABSTRACT:
Homer’s Iliad lists 1,186 Greek ships that sailed to Troy, and a first-century ad Latin rendition of Homer, the so-called Ilias Latina, offers a mathematical and logical puzzle on the subject. This article provides the Latin text, English translation, and mathematical commentary of the relevant section of the Latin poem to enable a variety of readers to tackle this delightful puzzle for themselves.
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