What Was The Trojan War And Was It Even Real? Inside Antiquity’s Most Legendary Clash

In Homer’s account, the Trojan War was the result of three goddesses — Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite — meddling in the affairs of mortals after approaching Paris of Troy and asking him to settle a competition between the three of them. The conflict represented a clash between early Greek peoples from the mainland and the inhabitants of northwestern Anatolia, reflecting the many divisions that emerged during the Bronze Age across the Aegean world. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are the most famous sources describing the Trojan War, though the Iliad covers only a small part of the war and the Odyssey focuses on Odysseus’ journey home after the conflict.

Author: Austin Harvey

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