What are the differences between Trojans and Greeks???

Answer 1

There are not differences between them. They were believing in the same gods, had same culture. They are not different civilizations. "Puck" is right, ancient Greece was not a United Country. The city-states were independent, had different laws and rules. Every city was like a small country. But all city-states had the same culture , the same language and religion and the most important the same ancestry. Greeks were constituted by tribes, Dorians, Ionians, Aeolians, Pelasgians etc . They were all the same . But every city had interests for their own good (don't forget the war between Athens and Sparta) ! The same thing happened with the Ilians (Trojans). They became a big power and the other cities were not "happy" with that. Helen was an excuse !

And something else, please don't say that Trojans were Persians or ancient Turks because Persians had their Empire in the Middle East in that period and Turks were not in this area in the ancient times. They came after thousands of years in this region !

Answer 2

Well, for one thing, the Greeks APPEAR in Books I and II, and the Trojans barely do! (See the next paragraph.)Chryses and the two captive women who appear in Book I are from cities allied with Troy. If we consider them Trojans, then we see that a Trojan father cares enough about his daughter to offer a generous ransom for her return after she has been defiled by Agamemnon, and we see that Briseis was reluctant to go from Achilles to Agamemnon. These little details may suggest that the Trojans are more caring and feeling than the Greeks (Achaeans), as we see more clearly as the epic continues. Otherwise, we know, not from what's specifically said in those two books so much as from the background that Homer takes for granted that the reader knows, that the war is being fought because Paris, a Trojan prince, has stolen the wife of Agamemnon's brother, Menelaus. Supposedly the Achaeans are above such behavior, but what has Agamemnon just done to Achilles? As the epic unfolds, we are told that the Achaeans are a more united people than the Trojans and their allies, who don't even all speak the same language. (A the very end of Book II, they come into battle speaking a hodge-podge of languages.) We also see that the Trojans sometimes fight with the bow, which seems to be considered a rather cowardly weapon in the Iliad--an archer was the Bronze Age equivalent of a sniper. The only Achaean to use a bow is Teucer, whose mother was a Trojan (another captive concubine, from a generation back) and whose very name suggests "Trojan." In addition, Hector, the Trojan leader, has a greater sense of responsibility for others than do any of the Achaean warriors. He's a tender husband and father, and more than once he speaks of his fear of letting the people of Troy down. No Achaean seems to harbor any such feelings. On the other hand, the Achaeans are depicted as hardier than the Trojans. In particular, Priam, the King of Troy and father of Hector and Paris, is a frail old man who sits watching the war from the city wall, while on the Achaean side, one warrior, Nestor, is an old man with grown sons also fighting in the war. (This characterization of Priam makes his night journey to the Achaean camp at the end of the Iliad all the more poignant.) I suppose that only the first paragraph is really relevant to your present assignment, but hang onto the rest of this answer! It may come in handy as you read on.

Answer 3

Much like the difference between New Yorkers and Americans... Only the Greek Cities were more independant

Answer 4

Sorry to disagree with all of the other answers, but Ancient Greece was not one united country, but a collective of City States. Troy was just one of the many City States.

Each of the City States had it's own rules, sub-cultures and rulers (Kings, etc.). Although they showed fealty to mother Greece.

Answer 5

Trojans live in Troy while Greeks live in Greece.. They really don't have major differences like from their looks aside from where they live.. maybe in culture too..

Answer 6

Troy was in Asia, actually in a small portion of what is now Turkey. Greece is in southern Europe. The two spoke different languages and had somewhat different customs and religious beliefs.

The biggest difference is, Greece still exists.

Answer 7

Troy is in Asia facing to the Aigian see Greece starts from The Aigian see. They are close but Troy isn't in Greece.

Answer 8

Torjans were Turkish origin from the city of Troy.

Answer 9

trojans have a condom named after them

Answer 10

The spelling.