Neither the Trojans nor the Greeks/Hellenes were gods. They were real people.
The Hellenes.
Ancient Greeks (Hellenes).
Έλληνες (Hellenes)
Hellenes
Greeks
Not a nickname, but what they themselves called it was Hellas, after its legendary founder Helen (a male). They called themselves Hellenes. If you want a nickname, it's Greek - the Romans started calling the Hellenes Greeks when they mistook the Greeks in southern Italy for a tribe called the Graeci, and the name has stuck, but Greeks even today call themselves Hellenes.
Achaians are the other name the ancient Greeks are known by.
Greeks call themselves "Ellines", which is commonly translated into English as "Hellenes".
For entertainment to the *Hellenes*.*This is what Greeks called themselves.*
'Ελληνες - Hellenes is the name Greeks of all times called themselves.
Gods.
They were a branch of the Indo-European linguistic group who moved into Greece and Italy. They called themselves Hellenes after a traditional ancestor Helen. The Greeks were comprised of ethnic groups including Ionians, Dorians, Achaeans, Aeolians etc. The word Greek came from the Romans who mistook the Hellenes in Italy for a local tribe the Graeci, and the name has stuck, except that Greeks today still call themselves Hellenes.