Троянская война в России XVI века. Новый порядок слов

The new issue of "New Word Order" explores how the Trojan War was understood in medieval Rus'. Today, Troy is primarily associated with Homer's Iliad. But in ancient Russian culture, it was known from entirely different sources—Latin and Byzantine chronicles, medieval adaptations, and translations. Why does Ivan the Terrible call Antenor and Aeneas traitors in his letters to Prince Kurbsky? Where did this story come from if Homer doesn't use it? And what texts shaped the understanding of the Trojan War in Rus'? This episode centers on Paul Bushkovich's book, "The Trojan War in Sixteenth-Century Russia" (New Literary Review, 2026). Support the release of new episodes: https://www.donationalerts.com/r/novy... Subscribe to regular donations: https://boosty.to/novyjporadokslov 00:00 – What is this episode about? 00:19 – Ivan the Terrible and the "traitors of Troy" 00:58 – Troy in Homer: Aeneas and Antenor 01:37 – How the betrayal theory arose 02:12 – Roman tradition and Dante 02:47 – Medieval sources of the Trojan War 03:27 – Troy in ancient Russian culture 04:06 – Byzantine chronicles and translations 04:59 – Later texts and popular versions 05:16 – Bushkovich's book #NewWordOrder #whattoread #books #history #literature #troy #nonfiction #trojanwar #homer #ancientgreece