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Troy (mythology)

Troy
Walls of Troy (2).jpg
The walls of the acropolis belong to Troy VII, which is identified as the site of the Trojan War (c. 1200 BC).
Troy is located in Turkey
Troy
Shown within Turkey
Location Tevfikiye, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
Region Troad
Coordinates 39°57′27″N 26°14′20″E / 39.95750°N 26.23889°E / 39.95750; 26.23889Coordinates: 39°57′27″N 26°14′20″E / 39.95750°N 26.23889°E / 39.95750; 26.23889
Type Settlement
History
Founded 3000 BC
Abandoned 500 AD
Periods Early Bronze Age to Byzantine Empire
Site notes
Website Troia Archaeological Site
Official name Archaeological Site of Troy
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii, vi
Designated 1998 (22nd session)
Reference no. 849
Region Europe and Asia

Troy (Ancient Greek: Τροία, Troia and Ἴλιον, Ilion, or Ἴλιος, Ilios; Latin: Trōia and Īlium;Hittite: Wilusha or Truwisha;Turkish: Truva or Troya) was a city situated in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida. The present-day location is known as Hisarlik. It was the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle, in particular in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wilion); this is also supported by the Hittite name for what is thought to be the same city, Wilusa.

A new capital called Ilium was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. It flourished until the establishment of Constantinople and declined gradually in the Byzantine era.


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