The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the unesco world heritage list in 1998 Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during its 4000 years of occupation. An adaptation of homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on troy by the united greek forces. 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. 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. The war was waged by the achaeans (greeks) against the city of troy after paris of troy took helen from her husband menelaus, king of sparta
