Troy And The Trojan War

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.

The Dark Age 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

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 Ancient Greek History is famous for its many fascinating civilization and great heroic people surrounding the history. Iliad portrays the siege of a dynamic ancient Greek epic poem of Troy, which is attributed to Homer. Adventurous and braveness with god-like qualities is used to describe the ancient classic Greek heroes in this poem. Iliad is now known as one of the aged surviving ancient Greek epic poems, which directly relates to the events near the end of Trojan War.

The Trojans and Greeks fought a frivolous war that began with a golden apple and a trio of precarious goddesses. It initiated when Prince Paris was given an apple from the “evil goddess of Discord, Eris,” and told him to choose the fairest goddess between three. Paris ludicrously chose the goddess who offered him the most beautiful woman. This woman was Helen, queen of Sparta. But Paris stole her from her husband and refused to give her back to Menelaus.

The Greek forces won the Trojan War. The story of the war is a cornerstone of Greek legend, and pervaded Greek literature and culture. Though the evidence for the Trojan War as historical fact is scarce, it was a formative event in Greek cultural memory, producing some of the classical world’s most famous heroes and narratives. The War was won, Helen was retrieved from Paris, whose violation of ξενία was redressed, the heroes attained the κλέος that many of them fought for – and yet the positive outcomes of the Trojan War are difficult to grasp. For the victims of the Trojan War, the tragedy is obvious; the War ended in genocide and total cultural destruction. But such a war, burnt into legend, should have left the victors far better off; and yet, the Greek heroes only suffer because of it. They die tragic, dishonourable deaths; their households are left in ruin; their families are torn apart. From both modern and classical perspectives, the Trojan War is a tragedy, a “harrowing destruction of life” (Euripides, Andromache, 291). The victory is pyrrhic, the loss of life is horrific, the reparations non-existent.

The myths of Achilles are well known, and are mentioned in modern society. But, they have been morphed to society’s desires. This is demonstrated in the movie Troy, where the stories have been changed for modern audience. The director condensed the story, and changed the story to show some romanticism and love. This is shown from the absence of the greek gods, significance of certain characters, inaccurate information, the morphed traits of certain characters, and the falsehood of romantic presence. In greek society the gods played a great role in the Trojan war, which was not mentioned in the movie.

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 Heroes 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.

Until the 19th century it actually was widely believed that Troy and the Trojan War were imaginary. It was not until 1871 that German-born American citizen Heinrich Schliemann excavated a site in Turkey. Schliemann surprised many by discovering the lost city of Troy. Although Schliemann did discover the ruins of Troy destroyed much of the discovery, he ‘blasted’ his way down into the lower levels. Schliemann however discovered nine cities at the sight, one on top of the other. Today we believe that cities six and seven seem to be the cities that the Trojan War was likely to be fought in.

The battle of troy started when Paris (Trojan prince) kidnapped Helen (queen of Sparta). The battle was basically about getting back Helen so they could kill her for betrayal. They would not give her back and so the battle would rage for 10 years with a lot of death. The battle with Hector and Achilles was kind of funny because when Achilles called out Hector and they fought they fought for their respective countries with the winner claiming victory for their side. This was done to save the lives of many. Achilles was invincible and killed hector easily. He then dragged his dead body around the entire building and they were upset about that. Then the father of hector came to the house of Achilles and begged him to give his son back for a

    First, I do believe that there was conflict in the city of Troy, but not necessarily a single war. As Trevor Bryce says, “ During this period Wilusa suffered a number of attacks in which Mycenaean Greeks may have been directly or indirectly involved”(Bryce 193). I think Troy was like any other city that is heavily involved with trade, they had their enemies. Therefore, there was no evidence that there was one major conflict with one group of people that lead to the destruction of Troy. If Troy was attacked by an enemy they had contact with, there would have been signs  of another culture being there. As Frank Kolb says, “During the past 80 years, not a single sherd of Trojan Grey Ware or Mycenaean pottery has come forth”(Kolb 587). There has not been any weapons, tools, or pottery found that would have been left behind if Troy was attacked then destroyed.

I think that the overarching theme of the Trojan War stories is revenge. The Greeks wanted revenge on the Trojans because they stole Helen from them. Achilles wanted revenge on Hector for killing his close friend. I think that the there is a theme of revenge in the Returns from the War, however I do not believe it is overarching the main them. That being patients, persistence and heart get you to where you need and want to be.

Title: Ephemera Troubles With Trojans Your insider news to all things Trojan War! Summary: When Patroclus is exiled for accidentally killing another boy, he is sent to King Peleus’ land, Phthia. There, Patroclus quickly falls under the companionship of Achilles and are soon requested to join the Trojan War. Achilles is Aristos Achaion, he is the best fighter the Greeks have ever known, but if he goes to war, he will inevitably die. However, if he avoids war, all the glory and fame awaiting him will fade.

The story of Arthur is a complex story. It involves many ups and downs, twist and turns that makes the story one that last through the ages. In this essay I am going to break down and tackle some points as to why we are still mesmerized with the story of this Legend King.