Tzetzes' Allegories of the Iliad and Psellos' Allegories

What if the miracles of the Trojan War were actually feats of advanced engineering and atmospheric science? Discover how the greatest Byzantine minds deconstructed Homeric myth to reveal a world of burning mirrors, meteorological suction, and sophisticated mechanical tactics. This text is a journey into the rationalist heart of the Middle Ages, where gods are replaced by physics and the 'trash of the crowd' is discarded for philosophical truth.