where was located the city of Troy?
2006-12-17 13:48:25 · 5 answers · asked by papagallo27 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer.
Today it is the name of an archaeological site (39°57′27″N, 26°14′20″E), the traditional location of Homeric Troy, Turkish Truva, in Hisarlık in Anatolia, close to the seacoast in what is now Çanakkale province in northwest Turkey, southwest of the Dardanelles under Mount Ida.
2006-12-17 13:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Troy was located along the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea, just north of the island of Lesbos. The names of the two rivers it was between was Simois, and Scamander. It was about 40 miles northwest of Mount Ida, and 150 miles northeast of Athens, according to Homeric Geography.
Today, it would be the city of Canakkale, Turkey.
2006-12-17 22:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by paige_alicia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Turkish Truva, in Hisarlık in Anatolia, close to the seacoast in what is now Ãanakkale province in northwest Turkey, southwest of the Dardanelles under Mount Ida. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy
2006-12-17 22:16:13 · answer #3 · answered by Lai Yu Zeng 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a Troy, Michigan and I'm sure there are other cities in the US named Troy.
You might need to be more specific
2006-12-17 22:01:32 · answer #4 · answered by kana121569 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Troy was a city-state found in Greece!
2006-12-17 22:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by zoril 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋