The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the unesco world heritage list in 1998 A thousand years before the time of christ, trojan prince paris abduct s the legendary greek beauty helen, queen of sparta , starting a war led by heroes achilles and hector that devastates the ancient world Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during its 4000 years of occupation.
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In troy, king priam welcomes helen when hector and paris return home, and decides to prepare for war
The greeks eventually invade and take the trojan beach, thanks largely to achilles and his myrmidons.
Loosely based on homer's 'iliad', wolfgang petersen directs this epic war film, with an ensemble cast including brad pitt, eric bana, orlando bloom, diane kruger, sean bean, brian cox, rose byrne, garrett hedlund, peter o' toole, brendan gleeson, & tyler mane. Troy, ancient city in northwestern anatolia that holds an enduring place in literature and archaeology It lay on trade routes between europe and asia, and questions of its size, wealth, and status are matters of scholarly debate. Queen helen flees sparta to be with her love, the prince of troy
Watch trailers & learn more. It was also the legendary setting for homer's epic poems, the iliad and the odyssey, mentioned in the introduction The city of troy was strategically positioned between the mediterranean sea and the civilizations to the east.
