Troy, Greek Troia, also called Ilios or Ilion, Latin Troia, Troja, or Ilium, ancient city in northwestern Anatolia that holds an enduring place in both literature and archaeology. It occupied a key …

This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable …

His goddess mother Thetis knew well that he was fated either to live long in inglorious ease, or else to win immortal fame, and to die in the flower of his youth. Therefore she wished him not …

Find within this magazine 70 pages of information and photographs of local historic places, architecture, art and more throughout Troy, providing a near-complete picture of Troy’s history.

The earliest literary reference in which Troy is identified as the site of the Trojan War comes from Herodotus, who notes that in 480 the Persian king Xerxes sacrificed 1,000 oxen at Troy on his …

King Priam of Troy sent his wife to Greece in an attempt to reach a treaty. With no desire for peace, the Grecians took Queen Hecuba prisoner. Months later, Paris, prince of Troy, sailed to …

When Troy has fallen, Achilles’ ghost appears to the Greeks and demands the sacrifice of Polyxena, youngest daughter of Priam and Hecuba, to ensure the winds they need to sail home.