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Definition: Troy from Philip's Encyclopedia

(Ilium) Ancient city at what is now Hissarlik, Turkey, familiar chiefly through Homer's Iliad. Archaeological excavation, begun by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s, suggests that the legend of the Trojan War may be based on an actual episode. Nine cities have been detected in the archaeological strata, dating from c.3000 bc and reaching a peak in Troy VI (c.1800-1300 BC). Troy VI was ruined by an earthquake. Its successor, Troy VIIA, was destroyed, apparently by enemy attack, c.1200 bc close to the legendary date of the fall of Troy.

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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Ancient city in Asia Minor (modern Hissarlik in Turkey), just south of the Dardanelles. It has a long and complex history dating from about 3000 BC to AD 1200. In 1820 the city was identified as Troy, the site of the legendary ten-year Trojan War described in Homer's epic Iliad , but its actual name is unknown. Nine cities found one beneath another were originally excavated by Heinrich Schliemann 1874–90. The first fortifications appeared on the site in the Early Bronze Age. These were a stone wall with a mudbrick battlement and a gate protected by flanking towers. By the Middle Bronze Age the defences had been enlarged and required at least four gateways, two of which were protected by towers. Recent research suggests that the seventh, sacked and burned about 1270 BC , is probably the Homeric Troy. The city and its defences were rebuilt, but suffered a similar fate about 1050 BC . These two destructions, of Troy VI and VIII respectively, have been suggested as the sack of the city in…
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Also known as: Ilion; Ilium The ancient city of Troy is the basis of Homer's Iliad and site of the Trojan War. Troy lies in present-day western Turkey, at Canakale on the ancient Scamander River. Troy is known through the writings of the poet Homer and the stories of Heracles, Laomedon, King Priam, …
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From Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Also known as: Ilion; Ilium This ancient city of Asia Minor is usually described as being inhabited by a non-Greek people. In the late bronze age (around 1300 BCE ), Troy was evidently one of the most powerful cities of the eastern Mediterranean. The site of ancient Troy—at the village of Hissarlik, …
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From Dictionary of Classical Mythology
A Phrygian city, also called Ilios/Ilion, lying near the southern entrance to the Hellespont (Dardanelles). This was the site of the TROJAN WAR , one of the greatest mythological stories ever told. Troy's beginnings lay in the union of the river-god SCAMANDER , the chief river of the Trojan plain, …
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The fortress city of homer's iliad in the extreme northwest corner of Asia Minor overlooking the strait of the Dardanelles; also the land of Troy or the Troad, with Ilium as its chief city. With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
“Sack of Troy,” detail of the Brygos Cup, a kylix...
Ancient city in Troas , northwestern Anatolia . It holds an enduring place in both literature and archaeology. In literature, it is well known as the location of the Trojan War . The archaeological site, a huge mound at modern Hisarlık, Tur., on the Menderes (Scamander) River, was first excavated by…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Ancient city in Asia Minor (modern Hissarlik in Turkey), just south of the Dardanelles. It has a long and complex history dating from about 3000 BC to AD 1200. In 1820 the city was identified as Troy, the site of the legendary ten-year Trojan War described in Homer's epic Iliad , but its actual name…
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Full text Article Troy Book

From Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
1420 Work Author: John Lydgate The Troy Book by John Lydgate is a 30,000-line narrative poem about the destruction of Troy. It is notable as an example of the way Lydgate (ca. 1370–ca. 1449), a Benedictine monk from the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, used classical materials to comment on contemporary…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
or Il•i•um \ˈi-lē-əm;\ anc. Tro•ia \ˈtrȯi-ə, ˈtrō-yə\ or Tro•ja \ˈtrō-jə, -yə\ or Il•i•on \ˈi-lē-ˌän, -ən\. Commercial city, county seat of Pike co., SE Alabama, 48 mi. (77 km.) SSE of Montgomery; pop. (2000c) 13,935; lumber; agriculture; Troy State Univ. (1887). or Il•i•um \ˈi-lē-əm;\ anc. Tro•ia…
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Full text Article Troy Game

From Ancient Roman Sports, A-Z
The Troy Game (Troiae Ludus, in Latin) was a highly choreographed, ceremonial mock fight on horseback, performed by young men of high rank and reputation, usually in the Circus Maximus. The Troy Game tradition was thought by the Romans to date to the time of Aeneas, where it was first performed at…
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Full text Article Helen of Troy

From Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Also known as: Helene In myth, this Spartan princess of great physical beauty was the daughter of the god Zeus and the Spartan queen Leda . Helen was married to the Spartan king Menelaus . But at the prompting of the love-goddess Aphrodite , Helen eloped with the handsome Trojan prince Paris . This…
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