Ilium of Troje, bekend van de heldendichten Ilias en Odyssee van Homerus.
Omgeving:
Locatie:
- Turkije, Tevfikiye
- geo:39.957367,26.238691
- Locatie ± 5-25 m.
Period or year:
- -3000~ / 450~
Classificatie:
- Stad
- Zichtbaar
Identifiers:
Annotaties
Ilion or Troy: town in northwestern Asia Minor, famous for the legendary Trojan War, in which a coalition of Mycenaean warriors captured the city of king Priam. Homer's Iliad deals with an episode from this war. Hittite: Wilusa or Truwisa.
See:
- http://www.livius.org/to-ts/troy/troy_I-V.html
- Catalin Pavel, Homer and Archaeology: Perspectives from the East Aegean - West Anatolian Interface (In: V. Faranton, M. Mazoyer, eds., Homère et l’Anatolie, II, L’Harmattan, Paris, collection Kubaba, 2014, pp. 9-70)
- C. W. Blegen, Troy and the Trojans. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1963
In de buurt
Megaron of Troy II-III
Sanctuary of Troy II/III.
Pillar House, Troy
So-called Pillar House.
Seal of Tarkondemos - Tarkasnawa King of Mira
Hittite seal.