Essay on Trojan War

There were earlier archeologists who had found walls and poetry, however, none of them connected to the epic. Schliemann’s discovery did. He discovered a wooden palace, and a gate in which carriages could pass through. He also found the “treasure of Troy”. The world wanted to believe that the mythical story was genuine and that they had found their evidence. Yet, he did not know how to number the layers. Schliemann found jewels that were 1000 years too old for Helen to have worn (The Truth of Troy). In 1988, another archaeologist, who did not base himself on the myth, but in the science, came into play. He found a problem with the gates that Schliemann had discovered, there was no way of closing them. Meaning that any attacker could just walk in. Not contemplating the famous epic, where Troy had extremely powerful walls. However, he found “Troy” with many burned skeletons, and people half-buried. Meaning that there was indeed a war, and it was immense (The Truth of

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

The research discussed above focused mainly on the Greek mainland itself, understandably so. But one would be remiss to discard any discussion relating to the physical site from which Homer drew inspiration, the city of Ilion located in Troy. In Aslan’s recent publication, she provides remarkable detail on her findings regarding pottery found in burials near the city of Troy itself, which discovered offerings mixed together ranging from the Late Bronze Age all the way to the Roman Empire. . Although Aslan provides the possibility of incidental mixture of layers, one cannot dismiss the possibility of worshippers wanting to mix their friends/relatives directly with heroes who may have attained immortality in the battle for Troy itself. And since

The topic of the Trojan War has been analyzed, criticized, and researched for millennia. Many archeologists have spent decades trying to unveil the truth of the Trojan War. In 1894, the University of Texas was presented with the opportunity to purchase the alleged site of Troy. Alexander Watkins Terrell, the minister to the Ottoman Empire, believed it was imperative that the University of Texas capitalize on this opportunity as he felt the site was teeming with academic possibilities. The University of Texas, however, did not purchase the site. The decision to not obtain the land was a mistake on the part of the University of Texas as the site held the potential to gain an advantage over other universities of the time and reveal truths pertaining

The Trojan War. The Epic war. The war of Homer, and Hektor, and Achilles. It is so well known to us, yet so remote. Yet are the works of Homer mere flights of fantasy? Or is there some small (or even large) degree of truth to the stories that he so vividly brings to life in the Iliad and the Odyssey? Can it be demonstrated that far from being a culture-myth, the Trojan war was in fact a real event. This paper considers the evidence for the historicity of the Trojan war, utilising evidence from within the Homeric texts, archaeological and epigraphic evidence. The best approach to this issue is to ask a set of fundamental questions that underpin the issue of the Trojan War's historicity. These questions are:

Now it was clear that Troy was one of the larger Anatolian cities of the period during which we would place the Trojan War. Korfmann dig found several important things about Troy which helped prove that Homer could be true. They believe that Troy appears to have been destroyed around 1180 B.C., probably by a war the city lost. There is evidence of a fire, some skeletons, and heaps of sling bullets. People who have successfully defended their city would have gathered their sling bullets and put them away for another event, but a victorious conqueror would have done nothing with them, from what the archeologists believed. That still wasn’t enough proof to think that all that was from a war. ”It appeared that the city was, by the standards of the region at that time, and most certainly of superregional importance in controlling access from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea and from Asia Minor to southeast Europe and vice versa.” This proved that Troy could have been fought over because of that factor, it gave more reason to why others would want the city as their own. “Troy was also evidently attacked repeatedly and had to defend itself again and again, as indicated by repairs undertaken to the main defenses and efforts to enlarge and strengthen them.” They started to question the size of Troy because Homer described it as being really big but from what

In the Iliad, Homer describes the city of Troy as a place destroyed by a war. In the eyes of historians, the city of Troy remained a work of fiction until a man by the name Heinrich Schliemann excavated a site which was believed to be the city of Troy. This site was found in northwestern Turkey and was in fact the ruins of the real city of Troy. Unfortunately, due to Schliemann’s carelessness he destroyed large amounts of the city during the excavation. The city of Troy was later found out to have been destroyed by an earthquake, rather than an actual war. It was discovered that the city had been destroyed several times and that there are actually layers on top of layers of the city being

The Anatolian Neolithic settlement of Catal Huyuk, which means forked mound, dates between 7000 and 5000 B.C.E. was one of the world’s first towns and the oldest civilizations on earth. Located in the Konya Plain in central Turkey, Catal Huyuk was considered the wheat-growing region. The main mound covered 32 acres and stood 57 feet above the plain with a distance of 3,000 feet above sea level. The population was estimated at upwards of 5,000 people, which was based on the site and the cluster of houses. Mount Hasan, an inactive stratovolcano, located approximately 87 miles from Catal Huyuk was painted on walls in homes depicting the importance of the volcano. Obsidian was collected and used for trading in Catal Huyuk and considered the first organized city-state.

100 years ago, a man by the name of Heinrich Schliemann, dug somewhere in the position of current day Turkey, he is thought to have been the archeologist to re-discover Troy. There in 'believed to be' Troy, enormous and magnificent cities built in the Bronze Age, (where Homer's Trojan War takes place) have been found. In addition, proof of some ancient community has unveiled itself, artifacts such as trading currency. However the most informative section of the supposed Troy has been its architecture and fortifications. These indicate that the cities (within 'New' Troy) were built so as to deflect the deadly glares of war. Fortifications such as the walls and mazes within Troy can be linked to the famous chariots that did so inflict unimaginable

This is an important event in Greek mythology and has been recounted most prominently through Homer's Iliad which recounts the siege. The first excavations at the site were conducted in 1870 by Heinrich Schliemann. Heinrich Schliemann was a young businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology. Around his 40’s he retired to pursue his dream of finding the site. Prior to Schliemann’s excavation most scholars considered the site to be a mythological place. There was much scholarly debate as to whether the site actually existed, however it is almost universally accepted that the excavations have revealed the city of Troy. Due to Schliemann’s determination to uncover the site he has enabled modern civilisation to gain a understanding into European civilisation in its early years of development. Because of his finds he has been given the title ‘Father of Mediterranean Archaeology’. Schliemann collapsed into a coma on Christmas Day in 1890 with the cause being ‘Cholesteatoma’ and died the next day. Heinrich Schliemann located the city of Troy by following the geographical clues in the 'Iliad' and started excavating a hill called Hisarlick in Anatolia on the coast of North West Turkey. The

Although the Trojan war was believed to have lasted 10 years, the poems written by Homer talk about what happened over a period of 45 days. After nine years of the Trojan war, on the first day of Homer’s poems, The Archean army capture two beautiful girls from a town that was allied with Troy. Agamemnon took one of the girls as a price and

The Trojan War has filled the minds of children from generation to generation. As famous literature, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey, entrance boys and girls in the most unique war of all time. All though there is very little evidence as to what occurred during the Trojan War or even if it was a real war, historians have used works of literature like the Iliad and convincing evidence to piece together the most unique war of all time. The Trojan War was the most unique war because of its intense conflicts, the horrific yet engaging aftermath of the war, and interesting intervention of the gods. The Trojan War was the most unique war because of its intense conflicts.

The city of Troy is known to be one of the greatest myths of all time; however, archaeological findings at Hisarlik, Turkey prove to be identical matches to those which have been described in Homer's epic poem, The Iliad. An interesting finding at the Bay of Troy was the cremation remains of Greek soldiers. Another crucial piece of evidence uncovered is proof of human activity within the city walls in Hisarlik. One of the most important findings at the site of Troy is the fortified wall ruins, along with strategically constructed ditches for war crime defense. "Troy is the setting for Homer's Iliad, in which he recounts the final years of the Trojan war. Sometime in the 13th century BCE" (Mark Cartwright, 2012, p. 1, para. 3.). After discovering

First, the city found by the German amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the North of Turkey matches the description of Troy found in Homer's Iliad perfectly. For example, ''gates wide enough for two chariots'', described in the Iliad, were found on the site, as well as the thick walls that could have withstand ten years of siege. However, there was some doubt about this city being the mythical Troy, because what was found by Schliemann was far too small to endure a long siege, but it was later discovered that what Schliemann had found was only a small fraction of this city during the Bronze Age. This city, found at the edge of Turkey in the Aegean sea, was big enough for two to four thousand people, proven by the ditches found by _______,

In ancient times, people thought that the great War of Troy was just a myth of Homer's. Then in the mid 19th century, a German businessman, Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), discovered Troy. Heinrich had always loved Homer's poem. Since his childhood he had believed that the story of Homer was truth and not a myth. He absorbed the beauty of the epics, but his practical mind also caused him to analyze the facts behind the poetic fiction. He became convinced that the Greeks were right; the War of Troy was not a myth but historical reality. He carried on his excavations from 1870 to 1873, 1878 to 1879, and in 1881. The results were fantastic. Nine cities that had been successively destroyed emerged from the excavations. According to the archeologists' studies, Priam had ruled Troy. Priam was one of the kings who ruled Troy