The Voyage of Aeneas of Troy

Historical researcher and author, Bernard Jones, has dedicated much of his adult life challenging what we know about the Homeric epics and in turn, the events surrounding the Trojan War.

According to Jones, at some point in history, these narratives moved Eastward and South, into the Mediterranean. Later historians, which include Herodotus, rewrote these stories and repositioned them into the world most familiar to them; that is, the Aegean.

In his recently published book,  The Voyage of Aeneas of Troy , Jones follows the journey of Aeneas (alongside his fellow Trojan refugees) fleeing from his homeland of Troy and eventually to his destination, in search of a new home. Here is the thing though and as mentioned earlier, according to the author’s research, the Trojan War and its locations did not take place in the Mediterranean, where it is traditionally placed but instead to the North and in and around the British islands.

Bernard Jones builds on the foundation he originally laid in his previous publication,  The Discovery of Troy and its Lost History , but now, the story begins with Aeneas, as he flees Troy with his fellow Trojan refugees.

As each chapter unfolds, the author retells Virgil’s epic tale and the journey of Aeneas but as we follow in the Trojan hero’s footsteps, key events and the locations in which they were set are redefined or remapped according to his research, which consists of ancient and medieval written evidence preserving place names, bloodlines, nautical facts and more.

From Troy to Thrace to Delos, coming across the Cyclopes, Scylla and Charybdis, venturing into the underworld to eventually landing in the proposed location of Latium, the book guides the reader to the point where we get to the Medieval tales of Brutus, as it was Aeneas’ bloodline that would lead to the infamous Brutus, founder of Britain.

Much like Jones’s previous publication, the reader will need to approach  The Voyage of Aeneas of Troy  with an open mind. And if challenging the conventional wisdom surrounding the Trojan War and its aftermath is something of interest, then be sure to pick up a copy of this publication.

A Book Review by Petros Koutoupis