u/Lacedwithregret

TIL the Trojan War might be half history, half myth. Homer tells us it was 10 years of siege over Helen and that one wooden horse trick, but archaeology at Hisarlik in Turkey shows Troy was actually destroyed multiple times around 1200 BC, right when the whole Bronze Age collapsed. There are also Hittite records mentioning a place called "Wilusa" and conflicts with "Ahhiyawa" = Greeks. No proof of Achilles, gods fighting, or the horse yet though. Most historians think: real city, real war, but Homer added 10x drama + gods + heroes. Basically the Iliad is history with a Hollywood budget. What’s your favorite "maybe real" detail from the Trojan War? The horse?

TIL the Trojan War might be half history, half myth. Homer tells us it was 10 years of siege over Helen and that one wooden horse trick, but archaeology at Hisarlik in Turkey shows Troy was actually destroyed multiple times around 1200 BC, right when the whole Bronze Age collapsed. There are also Hittite records mentioning a place called "Wilusa" and conflicts with "Ahhiyawa" = Greeks. No proof of Achilles, gods fighting, or the horse yet though. Most historians think: real city, real war, but Homer added 10x drama + gods + heroes. Basically the Iliad is history with a Hollywood budget. What’s your favorite "maybe real" detail from the Trojan War? The horse?