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  1. Dec 2, 2010 · Troy is located on the mound of Hisarlık, which overlooks the plain along the Turkish Aegean coast, 4.8 km from the southern entrance to the Dardanelles. The famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann undertook the first excavations at the site in 1870, and those excavations could be considered the starting point of modern archaeology and its ...

  2. May 11, 2018 · Troy is the name of the Bronze Age city attacked in the Trojan War, a popular story in the mythology of ancient Greece, and the name given to the archaeological site in the north-west of Asia Minor (now Turkey) which has revealed a large and prosperous city occupied over millennia.There has been much scholarly debate as to whether mythical Troy actually existed and if so whether the ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Troy_(film)Troy (film) - Wikipedia

    Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff.Produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's Shepperton Studios, the film features an ensemble cast led by Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson and Orlando Bloom.It is loosely based on Homer's Iliad in its narration of the entire story of the decade-long Trojan War ...

  4. Apr 19, 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 ancient Greeks more than any other event in their history and was celebrated in the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer.

  5. Based on Homer's "Iliad," this epic portrays the battle between the ancient kingdoms of Troy and Sparta. While visiting Spartan King Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson), Trojan prince Paris (Orlando Bloom ...

  6. Nov 14, 2018 · This first city seems to have been destroyed by fire. 2500-2300 B.C. This site (Troy II) was initially identfied as the city of Homer’s tale by Heinrich Schliemann. 1700-1250 B.C. Troy VI that ...

  7. Troy - Trojan War, Ancient City, Turkey: The Classical legends of the Trojan War developed continuously throughout Greek and Latin literature. In Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, the earliest literary evidence available, the chief stories have already taken shape, and individual themes were elaborated later, especially in Greek drama. The story of the Trojan origin, through Aeneas, of Rome helped ...

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