The Trojan War: History or Myth?

I expect so, but then today’s media has inherited a lot of spin too.

And which side do you think Homer was on?

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Thanks nickcarraway.

Whether the Trojan War really happened or not is a moot point

Sounds a lot like today's Rats, saying history is irrelevant.

"What difference at this point does it make?"

It’s always real.

It’s always fake.

Somebody did something.

Somebody else embellished it.

"Sounds a lot like today's Rats, saying history is irrelevant."

Lots of kids these days are being taught about Trojans as early as 1st or 2nd grade

Fight On!

Then there’s the idiot with a whole string of YouTube videos “proving” that the Roman Empire never existed.

Not willing to read a book for “breaking news” of an ancient war.

Historian Josephus did tell of the Trojans.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/3345362/Scientists-calculate-the-exact-date-of-the-Trojan-horse-using-eclipse-in-Homer.html

This approach also posits a year of 1178-1177 B.C.

It takes a long time to recieve news from the front lines...

His own I reckon.

Heinrich Schliemann considered that the stories about Troy contained a lot of fact. Then he went looking with shovels and other heavy equipment.
This is well-known and established.
BTW, HS found lots of stuff that mostly proves the reliability of Homer’s story.
Fascinating.

I’m struggling with the description of 75 acres being a “large city”. Unless I’m terribly mistaken, that would be a square about 0.3 miles on each side...

Helen, the most beautiful woman, for instance, is the daughter of Zeus who disguised himself as a swan and raped her mother, Leda.

Aside from beauty and swans, the Iliad does offer distinct warnings about modern Hollywood and DC morality.

“Lots of kids these days are being taught about Trojans as early as 1st or 2nd grade”

I see what you did here ...

Been reading this book. Fascinating analysis

The author also believes that the story about Homer's Trojan War story is pretty fictional.

It’s Constantinople in my heart. I’ve stood on the walls in the past and looked out and imagined that day in 1453 when the city fell to the Ottomans.