My parents said that it was a true story. but one time after watching the movie troy, Igot a world history book and look for achilles' name, and there it is written that it is just an epic story of Homer the blind poet.
2007-04-09 15:44:35 · 8 answers · asked by ~§~ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Hey! please stick to one answer only! because your getting me more confused!
2007-04-09 15:57:32 · update #1
The Iliad is as true as any Bible. Also, like the Bible, no one is sure who did the actual writing of the book.
2007-04-09 17:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Troy was once a very prosperous city the Trojan War was real that was a war that supposedly wiped out the Trojan people (ever hear the story about the Trojan Horse? sort of rings in with the don't take things from strangers story) as for Achilles he could have been a real man but its extremely likely that the story has been exagerated out of all proportion.
2007-04-10 17:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by pooh_bear_2020_99 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Troy did exist and it did fall, but, although there is some historical truth, the stories about the Trojan War should be regarded as mostly fictional.
2007-04-09 22:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by Ape Ape Man 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Definitely Epic..
2007-04-09 23:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by eNgLish wiZaRd 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Trojan war is real. Achilles is not.
2007-04-09 22:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is true. Also, it is an epic. An epic is a form of oral literature.
2007-04-09 22:49:21 · answer #6 · answered by fatboycool 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it is a story written by homer, and thats all it is...a story although some ppl are trying to prove/think its true
2007-04-09 22:53:24 · answer #7 · answered by superman 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
troy:real
achilles:more or less
helen:real
the big horuse:mabey
2007-04-11 00:02:16 · answer #8 · answered by combine elite 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋