Article: A world without gods; This Troy could have done with some divine intervention - but Brad Pitt works the screen like a Trojan.

Article: In Search of the Trojan War.(Book Review)
Video Store;  May 2, 2004 ;     357 words ...In Search of the Trojan War Street 4/27 BBC, Documentary...Classic-literature and Trojan War fans will soon be...the heroes of the Trojan war--Hector, Achilles...of In Search of the Trojan War. This documentary...the footsteps of the Troy expert and fanatic...In ...

Article: Troy
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature;      445 words ...Troy ( Troia ), otherwise...Homer's Iliad (see TROJAN WAR and TROJAN HORSE...shows that by 1250 BC Troy VIIa was once more...the story of the Trojan War, 1250 or thereabout...years, after the Trojan War. The legendary family tree of the kings of Troy is as ...

Article: Troy; IT'S REIGNING MEN
Pittsburgh City Paper;  May 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ......sure about ancient Troy and the Trojan War is barely enough...daydream. We know Troy existed in what...And now there's Troy, based on his Iliad...conqueror of the Trojan War of 1200 B.C. You'...up a little, it's Troy. These cultures...the one about the Trojan ...

Article: TROJAN WAR
Young Students Learning Library;      338 words ......Trojans lived in a city called Troy, located in Asia Minor (now Turkey). Homer tells of the Trojan War in his story- poem the Iliad. (Ilium was the Greek name for Troy.) The area that has traditionally...power. According to legend, the Trojan War began when three goddesses...Paris, ...

Article: 'Troy': Epic needs divine intervention; Period detail could prove saving grace.(SHOW)(MOVIES)
The Washington Times;  May 14, 2004 ;     689 words ......mythological time frames. Troy, the first major...highlights of the Trojan War, demonstrates a...ONE-HALF STARS TITLE: Troy RATING: R (Occasional...backdrop of the Trojan War; fleeting nudity...city during the Trojan War in Troy. [NO CREDIT] Peter...

Article: Trojan Tragedy Even with star power of Brad Pitt, 'Troy' lacks charismatic focal point
Oakland Tribune;  May 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......looks prettier than Helen of Troy. Pass it on. Pitt, who plays...Greek warrior Achilles in "Troy," also goes a cappella more...this epic rejiggering of the Trojan War. Yet, consistent with the...brains with testosterone. No, "Troy" is not your schoolteacher...details from Homer and other ...

Article: The real Trojan War.(the small size and relative poverty of the ruins on the mound, called Hissarlik, have led many archaeologists and historians to doubt this was the place of the heroic battles of The Iliad)
U.S. News & World Report;  May 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Legendary Troy, perched on a hilltop...settlement. But Troy is getting bigger...time when Homer's Trojan War is supposed to have...The town makes Troy about 15 times larger...would raise the Trojan population size...More and more, Troy is looking like...finds predated the ...

Article: ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF TROJAN WAR.(Capital Region)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 22, 1993 ;     605 words ......strong evidence that the Trojan War described by the poet Homer...research also shows that Troy and its successors had a...excavations at the fabled city of Troy in nearly 50 years, is to...Washington, New York and Troy, Ohio. The researchers discovered...that was known to be left of ...

Article: Historical information, myth clash in `Troy'
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  May 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......historian, the new film "Troy" presents a dilemma...source about the Trojan War is Homer's "Iliad...But how close is "Troy" to actual history...decide. Q. Was the Trojan War a real event? A...never know about the Trojan War, primarily because...upon the ruins of ...

Article: `Trojan War' becomes a lost TV series
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 23, 1986 ;     374 words ...In Search of the Trojan War (STAR) Host and writer Michael...again with "In Search of the Trojan War." This is the PBS answer...site of the ancient city of Troy, where, as we all know, great...weeks of searching for the Trojan War and Helen's Troy, Wood informs us that ...

Article: BUILDING A LIBRARY: The Trojan War by Tom Holland
The Independent on Sunday;  May 16, 2004 ;     411 words ...Books have been written about the Trojan War for almost 3,000 years. Long before Brad Pitt, the anger...Heinrich Schliemann disproved the nay-sayers by finding Troy is the greatest story in archaeology. It is wonderfully...Caroline Moorehead in her 1994 book, The Lost Treasures of Troy. More damning ...

Article: ANTIQUITY THIS ACCOUNT OF THE TROJAN WAR LEAVES PETER JONES SULKING IN HIS TENT
The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 25, 2007 ;     696 words ...The Trojan War: A New History BY BARRY...recent excavations at Troy (modern Hisarlik) and...with the proposed 'Trojan war', Strauss re-tells...domestic politics of Troy (non-existent) and...between Hisarlik and a 'Trojan war'; and it is an oral...describing' Helen of ...

Article: The greatest war story ever told Lessons from Troy
International Herald Tribune;  March 19, 2003 ;     694 words ......site of ancient Troy. No tourists gawk...preserved citadel of Troy is an intriguing...from the past. The Trojan War was the very first...minds of the strong. Troy offers us three...the place where Trojan women washed clothes...whether to attack Troy, with even heroes...helped, ...

Article: Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery
Near Eastern Archaeology;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Troy and Homer: Towards...authenticity of the Trojan War, best known trom...identified with Homer's Troy? (2) If so, what...information on historical Troy? Latac: divides his...period of the alleged Trojan War. The texts in question...extent is the tale of Troy a product ...