Illiad: The Evidence Behind Movie Myth

The other problems with the surviving accounts of the Trojan War are the involvement of the gods. Supposedly Apollo and Poseidon helped build Troy as punishment. Throughout the Aeneid, the gods aid mortals in their own particular struggles. Obviously, if the Trojan

The trojan war took place in 1250 B.C.E. As this war has little evidence that it happened, it was passed down through many generations that this war took place. Many stories have the war happening in the city of Troy. Two famous poets wrote about this war, Homer and Sophocles, which wrote the Iliad & Odyssey. These poems are part of evidence that this war took place. One of the stories has a Wooden Horse as a gift to the Trojans, and when the horse was in the city the Spartans invaded Troy. This war was to believe to be started by the kidnapping of the Spartan Queen, Helen, by the Trojan prince, Paris. This ended with the Greeks winning and in some stories, the death of the Trojan prince.

In conclusion the Trojan Horse was one of the Greeks’ many great achievements that shook the world. The Greeks were one of the strongest military powers in the Mediterranean and had some of the best minds. The Trojan Horse was the solution to the problem that the Greeks were faced with. Scholars and historians aren’t sure if the Trojan Horse was really a real construction because there are no remains of the horse. Nonetheless it is still a great story of adventure and risks, and of course a

The Greeks and Menealaos wanted to reclaim Helen, wife of Menealaos, as Alexandro had kidnaped her as a prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess in a beauty competition. (Cartwright, 2013) In this battle an enormous wooden Trojan horse was left behind as an offering to the Trojans, however it had Greek soldiers hiding inside. The Trojans were surprised by the offering and never saw the deception plan unraveling.

Over the past years a lot of archaeological and literary evidence has helped us gain a better understanding of the history of Troy. Much hard work has gone into the excavations there by many archaeologists, and many interesting artefacts have been found. The story of the Ancient City of Troy is a great one, however many people believed it didn’t exist and that Homers Iliad, the story of the Trojan War was just some story. This has since been proved untrue as the city of Troy was discovered, and the pieces of this amazing puzzle have fallen together. Homer described Troy as an exceptionally large city with large high powerful walls, wide streets, twisting paths and large houses. Some of the archaeologists that have contributed to the

Homer stated that the Trojan War was a conflict that was created from the abduction of the queen of Sparta, defying the peace treaty between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greeks and the Trojans previously fought constantly and finally agreed to cease the violence between the nation’s strongest armies. Although the Greeks were defeated after attempting to invade Troy’s walls with footmen, they defeated Troy during the night with a trick. In the book The Trojan War: A New History by Barry Strauss, the author creates an argument that undermines Homer’s credibility on his interpretation of the Trojan War. Strauss identifies that much of what we know about the Trojan War is false.

Homer’s Iliad has been a European myth for many millennia , the long poetic narrative written in the 8th century B.C. recounts a fearsome war fought over a beautiful woman. The reliability of Homers Iliad as a true historical document has been challenged for hundreds of years and only through archaeological studies can the truth be deciphered. The Iliad was written five centuries after the war, where the stories had been passed down through the oral tradition, therefore the type of society reflected within the poems resemble much more the time of Homer . The fact and fiction of the Iliad has been uncovered through archaeology. Archaeologist found a site in which they thought to have been ‘Troy’ destroyed by the powerful country of Mycenae

The true history of Troy has been shrouded in mystery and has, to a certain extent, been lost. In the middle of the 18th century, the site of Ilios was the most sought after archaeological mystery. In the years between Achilles and Hector and modern time, the location of Troy had been lost. Only echoes of the ancient city remained in texts found elsewhere in the Anatolian peninsula and mainland Greece, and even though Homer’s epic poems ignited the passion to find Troy, they did little to reveal the exact location of his famous city. The one who found Troy would once and for all answer the Homeric Question: were the Iliad and Odyssey based on historical fact?

If Homer's writings are central to our understanding of the Trojan War, so are Heinrich Schliemann's digs. His name is synonymous with Troy. Fascinated with Homer, he made it his mission to discover Troy, and eventually did. However, his problems with convincing his fellow academics and archaeologists that he had indeed Troy is similar to the problem we have with defining what the Trojan War actually is. Homer's Trojan War could not have possibly happened as it is laid out in the Iliad and the Odyssey. There are jarring incongruities between what happens in his epics, and what happened in that period of Greek history.

The Trojan War is described as one of histories most legendary battles. This battle is told to have lasted ten years, resulting in the eventual collapse of Troy, under the siege of Greek forces. Modern knowledge of the Trojan War has survived mainly through the account given in Homer’s Illiad, and while having proved to be a rich source of inspiration for other writers, artists, and even filmmakers in recent history, much speculation still exists surrounding his account. I will analyze modern interpretations of the Trojan War and examine both speculation and support for Homer’s account. Concluding with sufficient evidence that has been collected surrounding this epic battle, proving Homer’s account of a massive battle between these two powerful city states to not be just a tale of myth and legend, but actual history.

Answering dido, Aeneas begins telling about the fall of troy, even though retelling it involves reexperiencing the agony (this is from the actual book which i have a copy of). He takes us back to ten years into the Trojan War, where the Danaans (Greeks) have suddenly retreated (from view) but also built a big wooden stallion with a stomach filled with warrors. They covertly hide their best officers, with supplies, inside the stallion, while whatever is left of the Greek armed force keeps out of sight some separation from Troy. Seeing a monstrous steed before their doors confuses the Trojans

The King of Sparta asked his brother, King of the Mycenaeans to help rescue her. This led to a decade long war between the two empires that was recorded, if it is more than a myth, by Homer. The most well known story of the Trojan War is the winning attack Trojan Horse. The Greek army left a giant wooden horse outside the gates of Troy, the confused trojans brought the gift inside the walls and left it overnight. When the sun went down and the streets were quiet, the army climbed out of the horse and destroyed

Throughout the past three thousand years since the occurrences of the Trojan War, numerous archaeologists and historians have contributed into finding evidence on the accuracy of the Epic Battle. When explaining the events of this infamous war between the Greeks and Trojans, the roles of archaeology and written evidence have played a vital part.

The Movie Troy has been one of the best Hollywood movies to be filmed. However, many historical events that took place in the movie, and the Iliad can be questioned whether or not they are reliable, creating controversy about the historical accuracy of the film. This essay will examine and evaluate the evidence, and compare the movie with archeological evidence about the Trojan War. It will be argued that the myth of Troy was altered while creating the epic movie, Troy, to make it more attractive for the audience. I will begin by introducing the source of the movie’s storyline.

The Trojan War has always been a mystery to many people, archaeologists, and historians. Troy, where the Trojan War was said to occur, was first mentioned in Homer’s Iliad. No one can truly prove if the Trojan War did or did not happen. In recent years studies have shown new evidence as to how the Trojan War may have happened. Researchers have made discoveries to help decipher why the Trojan War occurred. Artifacts found on land, the capital of the Roman Empire as well as a holy city, and Troy’s topography shows why the Trojan War happened and answers questions about why people may have doubts.