Jeff Russell

Yeah, it sounds like we're in agreement! And, in all fairness to the historical-reconstruction folks you cite, my only real criticism of them is that I think the "real" event is spiritual rather than historical. So I'm trying to track down that "archetypal" Troy, and would not be surprised at all to see the "Trojan War" play out in many times and places over the last few thousand years. Since the "Trojan War" is all about the children of the heroes, my guess is that the myths I've been tracking—Horus, Apollon, Perseus, etc.—are all tied into it somehow, and out of devotion to the gods I'd love to try and understand how, though I despair of actually accomplishing it. (I dearly hope the daimons will be kind enough to explain it all to me once I'm dead, though!)