The Trojan War
The Trojan War was a time of heroes, gods, and myths - but were the legends true?
The Trojan War was a time of heroes. From the swift-footed Achilles, and the hot-headed Prince Paris, to the beautiful Queen Helen, and the all-powerful gods, Zeus, Athena, and Aphrodite. In these early days of what we now call Ancient Greece, the story of Troy was already a saga from a bygone age, re-imagined by 成人快手r, and told around the world ever since.
But was any of it true? Did those legendary heroes ever exist? How did Helen鈥檚 beauty launch a thousand ships? And could the Greeks really have breached the city walls by hiding inside a giant wooden horse?
This is a Short History Of The Trojan War.
A Noiser Production, written by Jo Furniss. With thanks to Professor Armand D鈥橝ngour, a classical scholar at Jesus College, Oxford, and presenter of the podcast It鈥檚 All Greek (And Latin) To Me.
