14/08/2021 · Back to Top of Page. “The Iliad“ (Gr: “Iliás“ ) is an epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy (which was also known as Ilion, Ilios or Ilium in ancient times). Written in the mid-8th Century BCE, “The Iliad” .

19/03/2019 · The Iliad is an epic poem, written by Homer, that covers the quarrels and fighting near the end of the Trojan War. The story opens nine years into the war, which basically started because Paris ...

Tone Awe-inspired, ironic, lamenting, pitying. Tense Past. Setting (time) Bronze Age (around the twelfth or thirteenth century b.c.); The Iliad begins nine years after the start of the Trojan War. Setting (place) Troy (a city in what is now northwestern Turkey) and its immediate environs. Protagonist Achilles.

He wrote The Iliad around 400 years after Troy was destroyed, so even if the poet wanted to talk to eyewitnesses to verify his account, he couldn't. The story was told and retold before Homer ...

It's hard to say definitively if the stories really happened. But the circumstancial evidence suggests that at least the Illiad might be based on actual events. In the 1860’s, Frank Calvert began excavating a hill called Hisarlik in Turkey, believing it to be the sight of Troy.

06/01/2020 · According to Homer’s Iliad, the conflict between the Greeks – led by Agamemnon, King of Mycenae – and the Trojans – whose king was Priam – …

Odd as it may seem, there is evidence supporting "The Odyssey". "But despite the fantastical details in the Greek epic, a team of archaeologists has claimed the tale is anchored in truth - and that they have discovered his home on the island of Ithaca, in the Ionian sea off the