[SunkenCiv]

:') Technically, I'm sticking with Wilhelm Dörpfeld, the little-known protegé of and successor to Schliemann, who associated the Trojan War with Troy VI; Blegen claimed (based on whim) that Troy VI was destroyed by quake (which actually fits the Iliad pretty nicely) but that Troy VIIa was the layer of the War.

Okay, I had to look up those codes for the non-Eng letters. Bedtime.

[Nikas777]

I think the best scenario is that Troy and the Greeks were carrying out raids against each other - Viking style raids to loot cattle and women.

I never understood the position Helen held in the story - a willing captive that would belong to whomever was strong enough to hold on to her until I realized this has to do with the ancient practice of wife-napping and counting coup?

The Greek counter raids failed until an earthquake leveled the city walls and allowed the Greeks to take the city?\