Did the Trojan war really take place or is it a myth?
2007-08-12 01:47:53 · 8 answers · asked by richardtruff 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Troy (Greek: Τροία, Troia, also Ίλιον, Ilion; Latin: Troia, Ilium,[1] Turkish: Truva) 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. Trojan refers to the inhabitants and culture of Troy.
Today it is the name of an archaeological site, 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.
A new city of Ilium was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. It flourished until the establishment of Constantinople and declined gradually during Byzantine times.
In the 1870s the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann excavated the area. Later excavations revealed several cities built in succession to each other. One of the earlier cities (Troy VII) is often identified with Homeric Troy. While such an identity is disputed, the site has been successfully identified with the city called Wilusa in Hittite texts; Ilion (which goes back to earlier Wilion with a digamma) is thought to be the Greek rendition of that name.
The archaeological site of Troy was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.
check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy for details
2007-08-12 02:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by beragi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The war was a fact. The story of the war was embellished with myth. Isn't this always the way it goes?
2007-08-12 04:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fact taken to a mythological level.
The war happened. The circumstances around the war are based on folklore and probably have some basis in truth but have been embellished through the year.
2007-08-12 02:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by Jackie Oh! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is not a myth,but i really don't believe that the war was lead because of Helen,it was just an excuse of Agamemnon,to get his brothers wife,but he really wanted to conquer Troy cause it was one of the biggest trade centers in the known world,it had a lot of treasures and a lot of benefits...and since he practically had all Greece in his hand, his main goal was to have all known world back then
2007-08-12 02:15:35 · answer #4 · answered by witch_dea 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
human beings call The Iliad a fantasy through fact it exhibits sparkling aspects of this kind of mythology. The literary shape of the narrative itself lends to the theory it is mythos. considering which you made this question as a parody of a Christian's...The Bible is made up of many categories of literature. to place anybody label on it, like "fantasy," exhibits which you do no longer comprehend what the Bible actual is. there might ensure books that are myths, yet there are purely as many who at the instant are not, like the Gospels. The Gospels, as an occasion, have the literary shape and use many good factors of Greco-Roman biography, and have very few features of mythos. Sorry to break the exciting. savor the pats on the back out of your atheist colleagues.
2016-10-02 04:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both fact and myth
2007-08-12 07:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by harlin42 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fact
2007-08-12 04:48:39 · answer #7 · answered by karinad92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not really as we know (war about Helen), but because the trade and other things... !
2007-08-12 01:56:28 · answer #8 · answered by ussama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋