What Is The Real History Behind The Legendary Trojan War? | Troy: Myth or Reality | Odyssey

There are some mistakes in this. Menelaus wasn't Spartan, he was Mycenenan. He became the king of Sparta by marrying Helen, who was the daughter of the previous king. Agamemnon wasn't the ruler of Argos. That was Diomedes. Agamemnon was the king of Mycene. The tomb you showed didn't belong to Agamemnon. It was falsely labelled as his by Schliemann. It predated the Trojan war by 150-300 years.

Brian Blessed could make a class on accountancy sound like a theatrical epic. What a legend.

If only I could go back and see it all with my own eyes.

The wording “Never accept anything from Greeks even if it’s a Gift” Originated 4000 years ago in TROY

This documentary is ancient!

A truly ancient story. Of a documentary dating back to the age of cathode ray tube television

How old is this? Amazing to see a young BRIAN BLESSED

I wanted to read the Iliad to read about the Horse; what I found interesting about the Iliad was the nature poetry. The Iliad is saturated with explaining all kinds of things, from the spears swaying in the breeze to human behaviors, based on nature physics and such. I think just about anybody who hear's about how old Homer's epics are acknowledge Homer's epics are amazing; but, I never hear about all this nature poetry in Homer's epics.

Iliad is not the Latin name of Troy. The actual name of the city is Ilion. It is Ancient Greek language not Latin. On the coins of the city the ethics is written in Ancient Greek language and says ILIEWN (Ilieon=[coins of the people of] Ilion). So the Iliad is the name of the Homer's epic, again Greek not Latin, as said in the beginning of the documentary.

There is an even more bizarre claim than Albania. There is a book, I kid you not, called Where Troy Once Stood, written in English by a Dutchman. In his version, Troy is Cambridge, Yes the one in England, ten miles from where I live. Anyone who knows Cambridge knows it is very flat. That’s why we have so many bike riders. Troy was on a steep hill. Problem. He claimed it was up Wandlebury Hill, one of a series of hills south of the city. We even have a Roman road, today called Hills Road, that leads to it. There was indeed an ancient fort on Wandlebury Hill, but hardly Troy. The neighbouring hills are known as the Gog Magog Hills, so I’m surprised he didn’t set the Bible there too.

The digging uncovered 9 cities built on the site thought to be Troy, each built on the ruins of an older one. several were destroyed by fire. VII, the third one down appears to be from the right time period.

If you want to get to the bottom of the myth we need to find more Hittite tablets or better luwian ones from Seha, Mira ,Arzawa that cover the period of Trojan war and which at least show conflict between the Hittites and Mycenaeans in the general area of Troy and mention a conflict between them over wilusa now believed to be synonymous with wilios later know as illios in Homer. I'd also suggest digging through the spoils of earlier digs at the site. It's quite likely that scheilman may have dug through the palace tablets archive on the site without recognising them in any way. The dismissal of an historical Helen as a cause by sceptic's is as doubtful as claiming it was based on mere greed. I remind everyone the invasion of Ireland by the Normans in the 12th century which lead to 800 year's of conflict may have been motivated by greed on their part but they used the pretext of coming to the aid of Macmurragh king of lienster his wife the queen having run of or been abducted by the O Rourke whom she preferred it seems so I wouldn't rule out the abduction of an historical Helen out as a motivation even if just an excuse and pretext for conflict between Greeks and Trojans..

These old documentaries are priceless time capsules despite whatever errors might be.

The Mycenaeans vs the Trojans has one major drawback and that is the Hittites. Troy was a vassal of the Hittite Empire, and a siege of Troy by the Mycenaeans would have draw Hittite attention, if not aid! So if the siege of Troy by the Mycenaean was anything major then there would be Hittite stories about it!

The Illiad. Likely based on a real event. Or events. Wilusa sat on a choke point for trade through the region. They could either actively control the Dardenelles by blocking shipping. Or they could control trade by acting as the middle men. As Micheal Wood said. Which war? And which Troy?

Do go on because I am learning a lot 😊

If you visit Troy be sure to get a authorized guide. Without the information provided by the guide the archeological site can be rather unexciting. Different levels of rock walls which will not mean much to the average person without help from a knowledgeable person.

I believe any historical presentation has the responsibility of accurate visuals. They are a vital part of the history and should also be clearly referenced. You are certainly not alone at supplying irrelevant and inaccurate visuals. Why this is so endemic I do not know

The “Achilles Heel” is the tendon on the lower end of your foot at your heel or back of your foot 🦶. Ancient armor only covered the front of your legs 😅plus they wore sandals 🩴 not shoes 👟 so the arrow hit him at the back of the foot, immobilising Achilles so he was cut down on his knees by swords ⚔️

Why would it be unlikely for Homer (if he did exist) to be blind? Blindness was much more common then, due to illnesses, and as the literary tradition was oral, it would be quite likely that a blind person would memorize and tell long epic poems, and also compile or create them. And that is not the tomb of Agamemnon. (I've only watched 13 minutes of this, God help me!)