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The legend of Troy explained

  • Written by Marguerite Johnson, Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
The legend of Troy explainedHelen and Paris depicted on an Ancient Greek vase, 380–370 BC.Wikimedia Commons

The Trojan War is a legend that sprang from a distant memory of a real Greek incursion into the Bronze Age city of Troy (in modern day Türkiye). This may have taken the form of annual piracy raids and/or encounters based on control of the Aegean Sea.

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