Troy

Is Troy true? There are many different theories about the history of Troy like; If the city of Troy ever existed, or did the Battle of Troy ever even happened. The story behind the Battle of Troy is that the prince of troy steals King Menelaus's wife, and it causes a war between the two kingdoms. But no one actually knows if this popular tale is true, or has any evidence to prove it is or isn’t. The Greek Poet Homer, author of the Iliad included in the epic, the battles of Troy and evidence about what the city was like. The Iliad is believed to have been written somewhere from the 8th century to the 9th century. Archeologist who have been studying homers Iliad and the stories, myths, and legends have come to believe that Troy was a real…

In the article, "The Real Troy," the author, Josh Fischman, states that while not all Trojan myths maintain historical accuracy, most contain some elements of truth. The author cites instances in the Iliad and The Odyssey that archeologists are now finding might be historically relevant. In the article, Fischman quotes Manfred Korfmann saying, "The town makes Troy about 15 times larger than previously thought." (Fischman 56) In this statement, Korfmann is describing the discoveries that had…

The movie Troy is based on a not so true story known as the Iliad by Homer, which scholars believe that he may not have written it himself. The Iliad is 99 percent fiction with very little actual history in it. The story was inspired by the past and the stories that were handed down for generations to generation and then recorded by Homer. Although it is believed that Homer was not the only writer. What the movie got right is that there was actually a city of Troy. The walls surrounding Troy…

Discovery of Troy and Cnossos The modern world had considered Troy a matter of myth, not reality. “The name Troy refers both to a place in legend and a real-life archaeological site.” (Jarus) Troy, in legend, is a city that was besieged for 10 years and conquered by a Greek army led by King Agamemnon. According to Homer’s “Iliad,” the reason for the Trojan War was the abduction of a queen from Sparta, Helen, by the son of King Priam, Paris. It also refers to a real ancient city located on the…

The search for Troy has been going on for quite some time. The seemingly magic and enigmatic stories surrounding Troy and the Trojan War like a mist certainly cause quite a bit of confusion for those studying the history of Troy. Since Troy and the Trojan War had such an impact on the people of ancient Greece, regardless of what was actual fact and what was fiction, it is most important to understand what it was that the Greeks were so proud of and so interested in. Yet, it is these oddities and…

Troy The region of Troias reveals that it had been inhabited for 8,000 years, during which Troy acted as a “cultural bridge between the Troas region, the Balkans, Anatolia, the Aegean and Black Sea regions” through sea and land trade routes, various occupying and migrating forces and the exchange of knowledge and ideas (UNESCO). Over 140 years, 24 excavations have taken place revealing extensive details about the area during the time of the Trojan War as well as the people that settled…

Troy is located in Albany Schenectady-Troy metropolitan region, with a population on 800,000 during the twentieth century. The racial and ethnic makeup of Troy is not typical, having only 6 percent black residents and almost no Hispanic residents. In this regard, Troy is like one-fourth of the cities of over 100,000 populations, which have black populations of 5 percent or less. During this time the Police department was composed of 122 sworn officers, three-meter maids, one secretary, and four…

The Iliad In the epic, The Iliad, in Descendants of Troy, by Sergio La Porta, Agamemnon, the King of the Greeks, and Priam, King of Troy, embark on an embassy with the intent to change Achilles’ mind, all while the Trojan War is taking place. Agamemnon’s goal was to convince the demi-god, Achilles, to continue fighting alongside the Greeks; Priam was only looking to recover the corpse of his son and Troy’s best warrior, Hector. Achilles, prideful as he is, had reasons to reject both kings, but…

The city of Troy was a rich and powerful city. The Trojans controlled much land and were able to trade with many people around them. However they were not always rich, so how did they get to be? There are many poets who take hymns and descriptions of storytellers to give us the history of Troy in The lliad or The Odyssey, but non-are quite sure of how the city really started. The city of Troy was located on the northwest coast of what we call today, Turkey. There was no set Troy in the…

“The Final Hours of Troy” Virgil is a first century B.C.E. Roman epic poem writer. Virgil wrote the greatest epic poem and the most influential work of all classical literature, The Aeneid. The Aeneid makes up twelve books in total and it incorporates various legends of Aeneas who later becomes the founder of the Roman Empire. The story of “The Final Hours of Troy” is Book II of The Aeneid and it’s told by the Trojan Prince, Aeneas, to a Queen named Didio and her court. This long and tragic…