The Trojan War : History Not Myth

For ten years, the Greeks besieged the Trojans, but the Trojans bravely defend their city. The Greeks are not able to capture the city. At last, they board ships and sail in the open sea. We see them going away and happily run out of the city. We rejoice, because the war is over. We hurry to the camp of the Greeks; they have deserted their camp, but on the shore a huge horse stands. We want to drag the horse into the city. Then they make a feast and drink lots of wine.

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.

Virgil first depicts humans as unthoughtful through the ignorance of the Trojans. In Virgil’s story, during the Trojan War, the Greeks have a plan to hide their men inside of a giant wooden horse to get inside the city of Troy. When this enormous gift shows up in Troy, few people are suspicious, and most people want to accept the gift. The men of Troy receive many warnings, but still end up taking the horse into the walls of their city. Laocoön, a Trojan priest, tries to assist the Trojans and tells them, “Men of Troy, what madness has come over you?/Can you believe the enemy had truly gone?/A gift from the Danaans, and no ruse?” (II. 59-61) This priest was the first to legitimately question the gift, and even after hearing this warning from someone so wise, the Trojans decided to accept the gift into their city. If the Trojans would have listened to the priest, they could have won the war and saved many lives. Instead of thinking through why their enemy would give them such a present, the men acted impulsively and completely misjudged the situation. Not only did the Trojans receive warnings about the horse from their own friends, but the blindly trusted a man they knew nothing about. As the Trojans were contemplating their decision, the Greeks sent a secret weapon to trick them. Sinon, a sneaky Greek, showed up to the gates of Troy ready to convince the Trojans to accept the Greek’s gift. Sinon is introduced as an unknown prisoner and this causes the Trojans to sympathize

The war began with a grand wedding between Peleus, the son of Aeacus, and Thetis, the sea-goddess. Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding. Enraged at this, she stormed into the wedding and threw a golden apple of discord on a table. The apple had the inscription “For the fairest” a quarrel soon arose between three powerful goddesses. The three goddesses; Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena all wanted the title of fairest. They wanted to Zeus to be the judge of this contest. Not wanting to be involved in the quarrel, Zeus sent Hermes to get Paris, the Trojan prince, so that he could judge the three ("History of the Trojan War").

The Trojan War was commenced around 3000 BCE marking most memorable period in Greek Mythology. These events were presented in Homer’s lliad through poetry. The war began during the Bronze Age with Greeks and the defenders of the city of Troy fighting in Anatolia. Troy, today known as modern Turkey was in Anatolia i.e. at the eastern Shores of Aegean Sea. The city of Troy was colonized by 5000-10000 Trojans and was attacked many times by 5000 Mycenaeans who had crossed the Aegean Sea in hundred ships. Around 1200 BCE the city was destroyed by Mycenaean Greeks. The war was sophisticated to higher level by tactics and Magnificent Armors. Mycenaean Greece came under attack by both land and sea around 1200 BCE. (Dutton Marchand Harkness 27)

The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer, Vergil, Dante and many others. It is a fantastical tale of a decade-long siege of a powerful city by a massive pan-hellenic force. However, even though it has proved to be such a rich source of inspiration for writers, poets and artists throughout

The epic poem called The Iliad written by Homer concerns the Trojan War. It shows Trojan and Achaean warriors’ courage, bravery and their attempt to become the best fighter to get fame, glory, and honor. The heroes in The Iliad follow Homer’s heroic code, striving for excellence. Hector and Achilles’ strength comes from their desire for fame, glory, honor and their acceptance of fate. These qualities are considered to be characteristics of Homer’s heroic code. However, the actions of Paris are not heroic causing trouble and conflict for many people. In fact, Paris’ non-heroic action started the Trojan War and the hatred between Greece and Troy.

Homer’s famous poem, the “Iliad,” is one of the most powerful pieces of literature which narrates the Trojan War from beginning to end. Moreover, this essay will focus on analyzing Homer’s ancient stories about the Trojan War and how movies, such as, “Troy,” have mercilessly altered and wrecked the essence of the epic poem. It will be argued that the film depicts a severely inaccurate chronological sequence and imprecise setting. Besides the mentioned, this writing will begin by scrutinizing the events in both the movie and the poem, and mentioning various archaeological evidences to testify their existence. Summarizing, there will be supported statements that will unveil the truth about Troy.

War is a fight between two or more groups caused by a reason. A war may lead to serious injuries, major losses, and death. Since the medieval age most of the wars that happened until now, strategies and tactics are used in them for an advantage against their enemies. Seems like in the past they thought being tough was all you needed to win a war. but in the medieval ages they are more advanced so they know having tactics and being smarter will give the group a better winning chance.

The Trojan War is one of the most important events in Greek Mythology. The Trojan War had so much violence throughout, that there were three types of violence. Physical violence is the fighting part of the war. Verbal violence is when the Greeks and Trojans would hurt each other with words not weapons. Sexual violence was the raping of any women who were from Troy or the Greeks.

The Trojan War is a topic that comes with many discussions, questions, and beliefs that many people even today are looking into. The Iliad, created by Homer, is the oldest record many Historians use to start their research on the Trojan War. Unfortunately, his version of the Trojan War was made 480 years after it occurred, which leaves many people to question if Homer’s story was true or not. In today’s times we still may not have all the answers of the Trojan War but we do have evidence and possibilities of there being one. The Trojan War is discussed by many Historians of their different views and findings that we continue today to learn more about. Historians have analyzed, researched, and discovered new theories to the Trojan War from

The Trojan War is gathered by various sources and in which some of them state conflicting records of the occasion. Two lyrics The Illaid and the Odyssey which were made by Homer between the ninth and sixth hundreds of years BC. The Illaid incorporates the most recent year of the attack of Troy, while the Odyssey covers Odysseus' arrival to Ithaca his home island, following the sack of Troy. Zeus had progressed toward becoming King of the divine beings by overwhelming his Cronus his dad. Cronus thusly had overwhelmed his own dad Uranus. Zeus had not been dependable to his better half and sister Hera and had numerous kids out of these

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This section start off with Anaxandra and Andromache visiting a pasture. There they meet Hector and the king of Lemnos, Euneus. Interested in the horses, Anaxandra asked Euneus to take her for a ride, so he did. As they were riding, love filled the air as they grew affection for each other. They finished off the ride with a kiss. Then Anaxandra and Andromache went to go visit a Trojan princess named Cassandra. Cassandra was locked up in a cell because everyone thought she was crazy because she could tell the future. Anything that Cassandra said, no one believed her even though her predictions were never wrong. The next morning Euneus left because he wanted to stay neutral in the coming war. Her heart was broken, but Anaxandra stayed behind

Throughout the ages, there have been many famous myths and legends. They are constantly being retold in different stories through the years. One of the mot famous myths of Greek mythology is the Trojan War. Game of Thrones is one of the most popular TV shows and book series of today. As a modern retelling of Hamilton’s Trojan War, Robert’s Rebellion from Game of Thrones demonstrates the power of love to generate conflict, to connect people, and to inspire archetypal heroism.