The story goes that it was a looting raid by the Achaeans (Greeks) targeting western Asia Minor and the Islands, running for ten years and finishing with the capture of the richest prize, the city of Troy on the Dardanelles Strait between Asia and Europe.
Whether this is actual or not we don't know as the story was passed down by the bards who made up the stories over hundreds of years before the invention of cursive writing allowed it to be written down. So hundreds of bards each used to make up their own version, and even had several versions of their story for the sake of variety. Somewhere in this there may be some facts, but which bits we don't know.
It made a good story in the days before movies and TV to entertain people - but do you believe the stories you see in movies and TV are real and true?
The Odyssey is set just after the Trojan war and the fall of Troy.
12th Century BCE.
the Trojan War was a historical event of the 13th or 12th century BC, but by the mid-19th century
The odyssey was actually the story that came after the Trojan war. In the Illiad, Greece won the Trojan war after ambushing them using the wooden horse.
Turkey
The Odyssey is set just after the Trojan war and the fall of Troy.
Yes.
the Trojan War was a historical event of the 13th or 12th century BC, but by the mid-19th century
12th Century BCE.
the Trojan War was a historical event of the 13th or 12th century BC, but by the mid-19th century
The odyssey was actually the story that came after the Trojan war. In the Illiad, Greece won the Trojan war after ambushing them using the wooden horse.
Troy was located in today's Turkey.
Turkey
Turkey.
The trojan war occurred in September of 2001 due to the destruction of the twin towers. Troy declared war against the Al Khaida and used condoms to destroy the world.
No one knows for sure, we only have the lore of it.
The city of Troy was in the country we today call Turkey.