Troy

Troy was an ancient city. It was conquered by the Greeks as described by Homer in The Iliad. It was

located in what is now Turkey, east of Greece across the Aegean Sea and overlooking the Hellespont/Dardanelles.

Troy was, of course, a city state, so it was in, well, Troy. The site of the ancient city is now in Turkey - the Asian part of Turkey, which theRomans called Asia Minor. The Troy of the Trojan War period was in Wilusa, a country that the Hittites referred to as an Arzawan Land, meaning that it was once part of greater Arzawa, a country that extended from Wilusa south to modern Miletos, and inland several hundred kilometers. At the time of the Trojan War, Wilusa was a vassal state of Hatti, paying tribute to Hatti and supplying soldiers to Hatti's Great King when called upon to do so based on situations carefully spelled out in a treaty that has been found and translated.

There was no ancient troy

They built a huge honking horse. A small number of Greek soldiers hid inside it. When night fall came, the soldiers killed the guards and opened the gate for the Greek Army that was hiding. Troy was then burned to the ground.

Troy was found by German archaeologist and merchant Heinrich Schliemann in 1873. In 2920, the city of troy was created. A man named Illus founded it. He was convinced by Zeus and Zeus would tell him where the city of Troy would be located. It was located by the the Hellespont, or Dardanelles.

The gods tried to over through Zeus, an Zeus did not like it, As punishment Poseidon and Apollo were forced to Build the walls of Troy. Therefore the walls are not penetrable. Nobody from outside of Troy can destroy the walls. However, the only thing that was penetrable was the main gate. That is how the Greeks destroyed Troy during the Trojan War. Laomaedon, king of Troy, did not pay Poseidon and Apollo, so Apollo set a plague on Troy, and Poseidon sent a sea monster. In order to get rid to sea monster, the Trojans had to sacrifice Hesione to get rid of the sea monster. But Hercules comes and saves her. The plague then dies off.

Troy had huge walls built around the city and the Greeks couldn't breach the walls thus they failed to take the city until..they thought of a plan to deceive the Trojans. What the Greeks did was pretend to retreat and sail back to Greece while leaving a large wooden horse behind. The horse was said to be a gift to the goddess Athena (for safe travel home) and a gift to the Trojans for their apparent victory. The Trojans took the Horse into the city and celebrated. Little did they know, that there were Greek soldiers in the Horse waiting. Come nightfall, when everyone was asleep, they left the horse and stormed the gates. They successfully signaled to the Greek fleet (which was hiding offshore) and opened the gates. What followed was the sacking of Troy.

If you are more interested in reading about the Trojan war, I recommend you read "The odyssey" or watch the movie Troy, starring Brad Pitt and Eric Bana.

Yes! He married 17 year babe. She won first prise in high school essay about Homer. He did have 2 sons with her???

The Iliad ended with the death of Hector, it never described the sacking of Troy yet.

woman,slaves and immagrantys were not allowed to vote in ancient Athens

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In 1871-73 and 1878/9 AD/ CE, Heinrich Schliemann excavated in the vicinity of Hisarlik, a village of the area which was part of the Ottonam Empire at the time, 10 cities one on top of the other since the dawn of the Bronze Age circa 3000 BCE where he found the Treasure of King Priam of Troy and of course Mycenae in Greece [1874 AD/ CE] which verifies that what was considered a fairy tale is pure history.

The ancient city of Troy is believed to be on the site of Hissarlik, in present day Turkey. Although excavated for over 20 years by British archaeologist Frank Calvert, it was German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann who argued that Hissarlik was in fact the site of Troy, based on descriptions of the site in ancient texts and evidence of violent destruction at the site. His theory is widely held to be true by most archaeologists today.

Illum/ Ilion, Dardan Land, Troy Land, Troad

Troy, called Ilion by the Greeks ( whence The Iliad) was a city which was thought to be mythical until the discovery of its ruins by the German amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the 1800's. All of The Iliad's events are fictional, its characters are at best only semi-historical, and indeed there are several versions of the story that contradict each other in almost every detail. It is likely that a Bronze Age Trojan War was actually fought, though it would have been for economic reasons. Troy controlled the trade through the Bosphorus between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. The ruins of Troy show that the city was destroyed and rebuilt perhaps as many as ten times over many centuries. The layer called Troy VIIa is believed to be the actual city of The Iliad.

Troy was a very important city because there is a myth about it. They say that there was a beautiful woman called Helen. She was forced to marry someone, and she didn't like him very much. Then one day, she fell in love with a strong man called Paris. They both ran away to Troy from Greece, and when the people of Athens found she was missing, they sailed over to Troy and went to battle with them. For 10 years straight, they fought and Troy was winning. The Greeks tricked Troy into thinking that they surrendered. The Greeks built a tall, wooden horse and left it on the shore of Troy. Back then, that was a sign of surrender. Little did they know that 30 Greek soldiers were hiding inside of it. The people of Troy decided to take it into the gates of their city, and leave it there because it was beautiful. Late that same night, the Greek soldiers sneaked out of the horse and attacked the city. Other ships from Greece came in and opened the gate. After that night, the whole city of Troy was burned and destroyed. They took Helen back, and no one else survived.

No one knows. Aggememnon was the king of the Achaeans in the Illiad. The Iliad was not written down for centuries and is one of the documents that defines the historical period from prehsitory (That is written records of human events). There is some evidence that the war actually occured, but the dates vary in the 1100's BC.

In Greek mythology, Iphigenia was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Argos. Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis by killing her deer. Artemis retaliates by interfering with the wind so that Agamemnon can't sail. A seer tells Agamemnon that he must sacrifice his daughter.

Im guessing a lot of things such as breathing, eating, walking uuh oh he was a king

Agamemnon's big problem is not with Athena. Agamemnon has blood-guilt on his hands because he sacrificed his own daughter Iphigenia at Aulis when the invasion fleet was becalmed there.

Since Agamemnon has family blood on his hands revenge is waiting for him around every corner. The story is played out in all its horrors in Aeschylus' Agamemnon.

Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor - and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature's most notorious lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy and Helen , Queen of Sparta, ignites a war that will devastate a civilization. When Paris spirits Helen away from her husband, King Menelaus , it is an insult that cannot be suffered. Familial pride dictates that an affront to Menelaus is an affront to his brother Agamemnon , powerful King of the Mycenaeans, who soon unites all the massive tribes of Greece to steal Helen back from Troy in defense of his brother's honor. In truth, Agamemnon's pursuit of honor is corrupted by his overwhelming greed - he needs to conquer Troy to seize control of the Aegean, thus ensuring the supremacy of his already vast empire. The walled city, under the leadership of King Priamand defended by mighty Prince Hector, is a citadel that no army has ever been able to breach. One man alone stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy - Achilles , believed to be the greatest warrior alive. Arrogant, rebellious and seemingly invincible, Achilles has allegiance to nothing and no one, save his own glory. It is his insatiable hunger for eternal renown that leads him to attack the gates of Troy under Agamemnon's banner - but it will be love that ultimately decides his fate. Two worlds will go to war for honor and power. Thousands will fall in pursuit of glory. And for love, a nation will burn to the ground.

According to myth, Priam was told by the Delphic oracle that his son Paris would bring disaster upon Troy, hence, he had him sent away to be raised by sheep herders, where the movie gets it wrong is that Paris did not grow up a Prince, and the reason he could not fight is because he never received a Prince's education which included martial arts. If the movie was an attempt at historical theory, it failed with Paris; wimpy or no, all ancient princes were taught how to use weapons, if anything, the character Paris should have at least been somewhat competent. In the myth, it is explained he can't fight, because he never learned how, and he could only use a bow and arrow because it was the required tools of a sheepherder meaning he had very good aim from a lifetime of its use, that is why he was able to hit Achille's heel from such a long distance although, the myth says "his arrow was guided by Apollo."

The ancient Greeks invaded Troy to take back Queen Helen.

Agamenon is clytemnsra's husband and menelaus's brother. Agamenon also lead the greek arms or soldiars to war with the Trojans. He sacrificed his own daughter Iphigenia to stop the raging storms sent by Artimis because they insuted her. When he returns home his wife has remarried and he slays him while he is taking a bath that clytemnstra has set up for him. He is slain because of the sacraface of her daughter Iphigenia.