Even the gods are involved.īut this isn't a straightforward tale of right and wrong. This ancient world war features a stellar cast of characters.
At its heart is the powerful city of Troy on the western coast of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), besieged for 10 years by the Greeks, who sailed across the Aegean Sea to take revenge for a grave insult – the abduction of a woman. Spanning several decades, the tale is set in Greece's mythical past. It's a story that has it all – love and loss, courage and passion, violence and vengeance, triumph and tragedy – on a truly epic scale. Just as it enraptured audiences in the past, it still speaks to us today and it's easy to see why.
Spread by travelling storytellers, it was cast into powerful words by the Greek poet Homer as early as the eighth to seventh century BC – and into powerful images by ancient Greek and Roman artists. The story of the ancient city of Troy, and of the great war that was fought over it, has been told for some 3,000 years.
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