Homer and Greek Epic

These are suggestions of things you might find interesting as you consider research topics. If you have others to add, please do so. . .

Martin Bernal. Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization

This book has been controversial since day 1, and it has sparked lively debate not only about the classical world, but about the very ideological foundations of historical study.

Barry Powell. Homer: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World.

Albert Lord. The Singer of Tales.

The seminal work on oral-formulaic theory.

Aeschylus, The Oresteia.

What happened to Agamemnon after Troy?

Euripedes wrote a series of tragic plays about Trojan themes, especially about the women.
Andromache
Helen
The Trojan Women
Hecuba
Iphigeneia in Tauris
Orestes
Iphigeneia at Aulis
The Bacchae (not a Trojan theme, but about what happens when a ruler goes too far in opposing the gods, and in opposing his people).