Backstories are reinacted. The characters mentioned are many and their long and complicated histories are hard to follow at times. And over-told. Certainly, the story-teller is long-winded. But his ...

“The Trojan Women,” Euripides’ 2,500-year-old tragedy, was inspired by the conquest of Melos by the Athenians in 416 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War. The subjugation of the Melesians by ...

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📜 The Trojan War: Battles in the Bronze Age - So since we uncovered Troy then we should know how the ancient battles described in the Iliad actually went down right? It's a little more ...

KS2 History - Ancient Greece: The Trojan War. The main events of the war at Troy (as related in 'The Iliad' by Homer) are told by a Greek soldier remembering the battle. There are 7 video episodes ...

Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological characters inspired by the Trojan War, officials said ...