The Destruction of Troy

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Middle English poem alliterative poem retelling of the Trojan War work of medieval English literature

The Destruction of Troy is a Middle English alliterative poem retelling the fall of Troy, notable as a key work of the Alliterative Revival in 14th-century English literature.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Destruction of Troy canonical 2
Fall of Troy 1
La Prise de Troie 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English poem ⓘ
alliterative poem ⓘ
retelling of the Trojan War ⓘ
work of medieval English literature ⓘ
anonymousWork true ⓘ
audience medieval English aristocratic readers ⓘ
author unknown ⓘ
basedOn Guido delle Colonne's Historia destructionis Troiae ⓘ
surface form: Historia Destructionis Troiae
basedOnAuthor Guido delle Colonne ⓘ
basedOnWorkType Latin prose history ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateWritten late 14th century ⓘ
featuresCharacter Achilles ⓘ
Hector ⓘ
Helen ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Priam ⓘ
Ulysses ⓘ
featuresEvent destruction of the city of Troy ⓘ
Trojan War ⓘ
surface form: siege of Troy

use of the Trojan Horse ⓘ
genre Trojan narrative ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ
historical romance ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryInfluence influenced later English Troy narratives ⓘ
literaryMovement Alliterative Revival ⓘ
literarySignificance important Middle English Troy narrative ⓘ
major work of the Alliterative Revival ⓘ
literaryTradition Middle English alliterative tradition ⓘ
mainSubject The Destruction of Troy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Troy

Greek heroes ⓘ
Trojan War ⓘ
Trojan heroes ⓘ
manuscriptTradition survives in Middle English manuscripts ⓘ
metricalFeatures long alliterative lines ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
period 14th century ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Northern England ⓘ
relatedWork Alliterative Morte Arthure ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: The Siege of Jerusalem

The Troy Book ⓘ
surface form: Troy Book
setting Troy ⓘ
ancient Asia Minor ⓘ
styleCharacteristic elaborate battle descriptions ⓘ
moral and didactic commentary ⓘ
titleInEnglish The Destruction of Troy self-link ⓘ
verseForm alliterative verse ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alliterative Revival → producedWork → The Destruction of Troy ⓘ
Les Troyens → part → The Destruction of Troy ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Prise de Troie
The Destruction of Troy → titleInEnglish → The Destruction of Troy self-link ⓘ
The Destruction of Troy → mainSubject → The Destruction of Troy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Troy