The City Of Troy And The Trojan War

The story of the Trojan war has fascinated humans for centuries and has given rise to countless scholarly articles and books, extensive archaeological excavations, epic movies, television documentaries, stage plays, art and sculptures, souvenirs and collectibles. But the real question is, was homer a real person? Certainly heroes, from Achilles to Hector, are portrayed so credibly that is easy to believe the story is based from true events. But is it truly an account based on real events? And were

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 Trojan War, the event depicted in Homer's Iliad, was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer, the war started because Helen, the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king, Menelaus, decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince, Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen's return. As the war continued on, the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy

The Trojan Horse by Willie, Cole, & Jack Introduction- The Greeks have been trying breach the 20 foot walls of Troy for ten years during the Trojan War. Why would the Trojans bring in a "gift" (A wooden horse carrying Greek warriors inside) from the people who have been trying to kill them for ten years? A good guess would be that it was an inside job. Someone from inside the city of Troy probably let the Greeks inside the city, so there is no way they accepted this "gift" from the Greeks. It is

I disagree with this statement, there is evidence a Trojan War or Wars did happen, possibly around north-western Turkey. Eric Cline from the George Washington University says “The archaeological and textual evidence indicates that a Trojan War or Wars took place and that Homer chose to write about one or more of them making it into a great ten-year-long saga”. In the Illiad the Trojan War was fought around 1200-1100 BC. The Illiad was writing by the blind poet Homer around 750 BC. Helen of Sparta

Introduction: Barry Strauss highlights one of the greatest wars fought in all time in his book The Trojan War: A New History with his narrative skill and swiftness in interpreting a good antiquated tale of indignity and deception. The book re-studies Homer’s well-known work, the Iliad, along with the cycle of epic poems, examining evidence of the Bronze Age from the Mediterranean to the Near East. Homer’s description of the Trojan War truly did take place due to the archeological evidence found in

Archaeology and the Trojan War “… he [Heinrich Schliemann] found layers of ruins … and two bore unmistakable signs of violent destruction. One of these layers, the seventh according to more recent excavators, was no doubt the city of Priam and Hector. The historicity of the Homeric tale had been demonstrated archaeologically.” - M.I. Finley, the World of Odysseus Introduction The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer, Vergil, Dante and many others. It is a fantastical

"Archaeology has proved the historicity of the Trojan War." Discuss "… he [Heinrich Schliemann] found layers of ruins … and two bore unmistakable signs of violent destruction. One of these layers, the seventh according to more recent excavators, was no doubt the city of Priam and Hector. The historicity of the Homeric tale had been demonstrated archaeologically." - M.I. Finley, the World of Odysseus Introduction The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer, Vergil

The city of Troy, which is also known as Ilium, was a city situated in modern day Turkey. The city of Troy was the setting of the Trojan War, event that was described in the poem The Iliad. The Iliad is a poem accredited to the ancient Greek Poet Homer. The poem tells the story of the conflict between an alliance of Greek Cities and those who protected the City of Troy following the kidnapping of Helen of Sparta by Paris. The Iliad focuses only on two weeks out of the ten years the conflict lasted

The story of the Troy war has a great significance in the history of ancient Greece, and it is also one of the most important legends mythology in Greek. According to study of most archaeologists, they found that there was not enough evidence to prove that the Troy war really existed in history. However, it was argued that there had been a war during that time in the Troy. Over thousands of years, we have no truth that can makes effect of it. The only record we can find is in “Iliad” and “Odýsseia”