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May 27, 2024 · Trojan War, legendary conflict between the early Greeks and the people of Troy in western Anatolia, dated by later Greek authors to the 12th or 13th century bce. The war stirred the imagination of the ancient Greeks more than any other event in their history and was celebrated in the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, as well as a number of other ...
- Siege of Troy
Siege of Troy, (1250 bce). No war has had a more tenacious...
- Was The Trojan War Real
There has been much debate over historical evidence of the...
- Paris
Paris, in Greek legend, son of King Priam of Troy and his...
- Wooden Horse
Trojan horse, huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the...
- Menelaus
Menelaus, in Greek mythology, king of Sparta and younger son...
- Siege of Troy
May 27, 2024 · The ruins of Troy, located in modern-day Tevfikiye in northwestern Turkey, are among the most extensively excavated archaeological sites in the world. German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann first uncovered the ruins in the 1870s, and work has continued off and on at the site ever since. According to UNESCO, Troy contains nine main ...
3 days ago · Aeneas, mythical hero of Troy and Rome, son of the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises. He was a member of the royal line at Troy and cousin of Hector. He played a prominent part in defending his city against the Greeks during the Trojan War, being second only to Hector in ability.
- William Scovil Anderson
TIL Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, the daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, lived up until 1990.
16 hours ago · Troy 0 is a pre-Bronze Age layer known from limited finds of pottery shards and wooden beams. It is tentatively dated to c. 3600–3500 BC but little is known about it. [better source needed] Troy I Troy I's fortifications were the most elaborate in northwestern Anatolia at the time. (pp9–12)
3 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
May 13, 2024 · Agamemnon, in Greek legend, king of Mycenae or Argos. When the Trojan prince Paris carried off Helen, wife of his brother Menelaus, Agamemnon called for revenge and led the Greek forces to victory during the Trojan War.
