Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida. It is best known for being the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey seems to show that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wilion). This was later supported by th...
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This episode takes viewers on an archaeological expedition to modern-day Turkey and the site of the legendary fallen city of Troy. Scholars examine evidence and discuss their recent discoveries about the Trojan War, shedding new light on the legends of the Trojan Horse, Achilles, the abduction of Helen of Troy, and on the renowned Greek poet Homer, who told the story of Troy in his celebrated work the Iliad.


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