What exactly was the Trojan War?

[jw5]

More than 3,000 years after it was supposed to have taken place, there is still doubt as to whether or not the Trojan War actually happened. In Greek mythology, the Bronze Age-era war was a conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece. The myth spawned legendary heroes such as Hector and Achilles, and Helen—the most beautiful woman in the world. And what about the Trojan Horse? But is there any fact in all this fiction?

 

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The Iliad -

The Trojan War is one of the most important events in Greek mythology. But did it actually happen? The conflict has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's Iliad—an epic poem that depicts significant events in the final weeks of the 10-year siege of Troy. Pictured is a battle scene from the Iliad.

 

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The Odyssey -

The Odyssey, also attributed to Homer, follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the Trojan War. The Iliad and the Odyssey were composed 400 years after the supposed event. For most ancient Greeks, however, the Trojan War was much more than a myth. It was an epoch-defining moment in their distant past.

 

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Location of Troy -

For decades, scholars differed on whether Troy actually existed. This was important to ascertain because, according to the narrative, the ancient Greek city served as the location of the infamous siege. After many decades of scientific and literary study by specialists, the ruins of Hisarlik in Anatolia in present-day Turkey were definitively identified as being those of Troy.

 

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Archaeological site -

Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during its 4,000 years of occupation. Excavations have revealed nine archaeological layers, each corresponding to a city built on the ruins of the previous.

 

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UNESCO World Heritage Site -

The ruins that correspond to the Trojan War period are known as Troy VI and represent a timeframe of 1750 BCE to 1300 BCE—the middle to late Bronze Age. Troy VI is very likely the Troy of Homer's Iliad when the city was at its zenith. The location is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 

[k1976]

The City of Troy does exist and has rebuild over 9 times, the findings do support the military conflicts at Troy during that era...

But so find no hard evidence confirm of Helen, Hector these figures exist in real world or belongs to folk lore only

 

[k1976]

The city of troy sit nicely on the Pan Europe Asia trade route... The forerunner of Silk Road

 

[k1976]

The trade and human traffic flows must have flourished City of Troy into a major region power that cam rivial Grecce... The Murika in the ancient world

 

[jw5]

What sparked the Trojan War? -

A sequence of apparently unrelated events sparked the legendary conflict, beginning with a quarrel between the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, was denied an invitation to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. She turned up anyway, but when still refused admittance she raged and threw a golden apple amongst the goddesses inscribed "for the fairest."

 

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Fateful choice -

Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite—seen here in a 2nd-century CE Roman mosaic—each laid claim to the gilded fruit.

 

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Judgment of Paris -

In what became known as the Judgment of Paris, the three goddesses agreed to have Paris of Troy choose the fairest one. The prince chose Aphrodite. The scene is recreated in this fresco, uncovered at Pompeii and now on display at the Naples National Archaeological Museum in Italy.

 

[oliverlee]

When they released a man made virus so that you would be fraught with trembling fear and jab your ass again and again out of sheer ignorance and gratitude

 

[k1976]

Die also need to say thank u

 

[eatshitndie]

trojan raw?

 

[jw5]

Helen of Sparta, or Troy? -

As a token of her gratitude, Aphrodite rewarded Paris with Helen, the wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta.

 

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Abduction of Helen -

Helen was either abducted by Paris or eloped with him, depending on which classical source you believe. Either way, her leaving Menelaus further fanned the flames of conflict.

 

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Menelaus -

Jilted and humiliated, Menelaus called on his brother Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, to launch an expedition to retrieve her. He signed off the directive by rallying other kings and princes of Greece and urging them to wage war upon Troy.

 

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Agamemnon -

Agamemnon, large and powerful, and his younger brother Menelaus marched a mighty army against Troy. Agamemnon was joined by the Greek heroes Achilles, Odysseus, Nestor and Ajax. The astonishing Mask of Agamemnon (pictured), a gold funeral mask discovered at the ancient Greek site of Mycenae, is associated with the legend of Troy, though archaeologists believe the dazzling artifact predates the conflict by 300–400 years.

 

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Achilles -

The greatest of all the Greek warriors, Achilles was feared and respected in equal measure. According to popular legend, Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for one heel. He's depicted on this amphora from the Etruscan city of Vulci, dated back to 445-440 BCE.