How Did The Trojan War Impact Society

The Trojan War has had huge impact on society. For example, many things have been named after Troy and the Trojans, from cities to colleges (Cline 1). Also, Homer’s epic poems about the Trojan War, The Odyssey and The Iliad, are some of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek writing. There is still one big question about the Trojan War: Can one actually believe this story?

Homer wrote multiple poems about the Trojan War. The first, The Iliad, is about the events during the war. After that comes The Odyssey, the events after the Trojan War (“The Odyssey | Context” 1)

One city that was mentioned in The Odyssey but has not been confirmed as a real place is the island of Ithaca. Although different people have come up with many possible locations of Ithaca with some “as far afield as Scotland or the Baltic”, one theory that stands out is Robert Brittlestone’s. “He argues that a peninsula on the island of Cephanlonia was once a separate island”, and that island was ancient Ithaca. In modern times, the peninsula is called Paliki. Geological evidence and

It would not have made sense if Homer used multiple real places but made up only one. Ancient Same, Zachynthos, Sparta and Mycenae were all legitimate places and have been rediscovered (Bordewich 95, 97). Most importantly Troy, where the Trojan War took place, was a real city in ancient times and is located at the modern day site Hisarliks.

Scientists have taken to that site. After excavating Hisarlik, something interesting was discovered; it “contained nine cities built on top of each other”. This means that in reality there was multiple Troys not just one, but archaeologists think that the sixth and seventh deepest cities are “the best candidates for the Troy of The Iliad.” (Lovegren