A NEW ASTRONOMICAL DATING
OF THE TROJAN WAR’S END
Νέα χρονολόγηση του τέλους του Τρωικού Πολέμου,
με βάση τα αστρονομικά στοιχεία
Papamarinopoulos S., Preka-Papadema P., Mitropetros P., Antonopoulos P.,
Mitropetrou E., Saranditis G.
(Στ. Παπαμαρινόπουλος, Π. Πρέκα-Παπαδήμα, Π. Μητροπέτρος, Π. Αντωνόπουλος,
Έλ. Μητροπέτρου, Γ. Σαραντίτης)
(Στ. Παπαμαρινόπουλος, Π. Πρέκα-Παπαδήμα, Π. Μητροπέτρος, Π. Αντωνόπουλος,
Έλ. Μητροπέτρου, Γ. Σαραντίτης)
ABSTRACT
A solar eclipse’s evolution was described in the Iliad in a stepwise mode manifested in increasing
gradual darkness, during a warm day at late noon; from Sarpedon’s death time to few later from
Patroclus’ death time. We examined the solar eclipses within the time span 1400-1130 B.C. and we
found that only the annular solar eclipse on 6th June 1218 yr B.C. observable in Troy with significant
obscuration 75.2 % fits fully with the Homeric descriptions.
KEYWORDS: Homer, Iliad, solar eclipse, Trojan War, Achilles shield, Patroclus.
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 93-102. Copyright © 2014 MAA. Printed in Greece. All rights reserved.
