2007-09-02 08:54:51 · 5 answers · asked by k 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A German treasure hunter named Heinrich Schliemann.
2007-09-02 11:36:26 · answer #1 · answered by NC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Schliemann didn't find the actual Troy of 'The Iliad', but he was close.
Before Schliemann's excavations in the late 19th century, scholarly opinion about Troy was that it was a mythical place. Schliemann took 'The Iliad' as scripture and began to dig in that part of Greece that is now far western Turkey. He struck gold. Gold artifacts. But he had found a later Troy, not the Troy of Homer. But Schliemann pointed the way.
2007-09-02 09:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heinrich Schliemann
2007-09-02 10:22:19 · answer #3 · answered by John C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In answer to Antonio R's response: Aeneas did not found Troy. He was a Trojan who, according to myth, fled Troy during the siege, sailed to Italy, and founded the lineage that would give rise to Romulus and Remus, and thus Rome. This is, however, only legend.
2007-09-02 10:50:33 · answer #4 · answered by blakenyp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aeneas?
2007-09-02 09:02:28 · answer #5 · answered by Gee Kai 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋