It's one of the oldest surviving records of a historical event; and one of the oldest writings in the world.
The Trojan War.
Iliad
The Iliad.
The Illiad.
I think it was probably because of how inspiring it was. The Trojan war was a war that enveloped most of the kingdoms in the entire known world. At that time you were either for or against Troy. Everyone was united in one way or another. As an artist of some form, how could you not be inspired to retell and glorify such a magnificent event in humanity?
The Iliad .
The Iliad
The Mycenaeans were best remembered for their part in the epic Trojan War.
Very generally, it was about the Trojan war, and Achilles, a Greek hero.
The Trojan war
Homer
The literary basis for The Trojan War comes from two epic poems by Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey.