Annotated bibliography.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. New York: Scholastic, Inc.,
1998.
JK Rowling uses this book to set up the dynamic that will carry us through the war. It is a good source that begins to outline the history of the war. It is just the start and we will need to finish the series to completely outline the thirty-year war.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York: Scholastic,
Inc., 1999.
JK Rowling uses this book you find out the time line of the war. We also learn about the death eaters. We learn about the reasoning about the war.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. New York: Scholastic, Inc.,
2007.
This book is the final book in the Harry potter Series. It concludes the war and we learn about the deathly hallows.
Homer. The Iliad. Trans. Robert Fagles. NY: Penguin Books, 1990.
This epic poem is only a snapshot of a twenty-year war. It creates a picture of how the war was for those few weeks. The books also contain flashbacks in the point of views of the warriors involved. It helps to understand the history of the war and the emotions of the warriors involved.
Homer. Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagles. Viking Penguin, 1997.
This story tells us what its like to travel home after the horrific picture of war. It is a good source to compare how the different characters deal with the aftermath of the long war.
Harry Potter and the Classical World. Professor Myrsiades. December 2007.
The Harry Potter Network. April 8, 2012.
<http://www.thehpn.com/forums/index.php?topic=2727.110;wap2>.
This website discusses the connections between The Trojan War and Harry Potter. It is a good academic source to help gain incite into both worlds.
The Trojan War. B. Precourt. 2005. University of Wisconsin in Miwalkee. April
8, 2012 <https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/prec/www/course/mythology/1100/twar1.htm>.
This website provides a summary of the events of the war and the events
surrounding the war. It is a website established by the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. So it can be considered an accurate and a reliable source.
Harry Potter an Odyssey. Shalinijena. July 26, 2011. WordPress. April 8, 2012.
<http://shalinijena.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/harry-potter-an-odyssey/>
This blog was established by a high school student and cannot be considered reliable. It can however give us the common knowledge of the understanding of the Harry Potter Epic and the odyssey Harry went on.
WRIGHT, M. (2007). Comedy and the Trojan War. Classical Quarterly, 57(2),
412-431. <http://search.proquest.com/docview/201642564?accountid=7122>
This article discusses how the Trojan War used in comedy in the ancient world. It is a good way to get another view of the Trojan War. It helps us to realize that even the Greeks considered it ancient history and could be used as a tool of intertainment.
The Trojan War: Is there truth behind the legend? Bryce, T. R. (2002) The
Trojan War: Is there truth behind the legend?. Near Eastern
Archaeology, 65 3: 182-195.
This is an archeological look at the world of Troy. It comes from an Archeological journal and can be trusted. It is important to this argument to understand the historical context of the Trojan war.
Neville, James W. “Herodotus on the Trojan War.” Greece and Rome 2nd ser.
24.1 (1977): 3-12. Jstor.
This article is an interpretation of a primary source. It is important to know and understand the primary sources and this article helps to do that.