The Troy And The Trojan War In The Iliad

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The Iliad, one of Homer’s Epics, was written about a ten year war between the city of Troy and the Greek city-states. This great poem, still somewhat prevalent today in modern society, is the tale of the Trojan War. Recently the epic was recreated into a two hour film loaded with historical inaccuracies, although in some instances, does follow the Iliad fairly well. Some of the mistakes made by Hollywood are minor details, such as when the Trojans brought the gigantic wooden horse into the city of Troy. In the Iliad, gates had to be dismantled, which wasn’t shown in the movie, instead the horse was simply brought into the city. None the less, inaccuracies greatly outweighed any real historical relevance in the Iliad. Examples are the actual length of the war. In history, it lasted ten years, in the motion picture, a mere 17 days. Another example is that in the Epic, Achilles was actually dead before the Trojan Horse infiltrated the city. In the movie Troy and the Iliad, there are many instances where reality and Hollywood clash, such as the character backgrounds, geography and the actual war. A large part of the historical Trojan War rested with the geographical layout of the city of Troy. In the movie, surrounding Troy are walls, forty to fifty feet tall. In the film, Priam, King of Troy, while
There was a river in front of Troy on the plains of the battle field. Although it may seem like a minor detail yet again left out by Hollywood, it actually played quite a large role in the Iliad. Having a river in any situation makes all the difference. If the river was included in the movie, everything from the battles to the invasion of Troy to the basic day to day duties of the characters in the film would be changed. The exclusion of the river in the movie is a big chunk of reality that was harshly excluded by

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