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Article: TROJAN WAR
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The legends of ancient Greece tell of a ten-year war between the Greeks
and the Trojans. The 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 been considered the site of Troy was actually the
location of several ancient cities. Archeologists have unearthed several
cities, each one built on top of the ruins of another, dating back
to about 3000 b.c. The Troy of legend probably existed in the 1200s
b.c. Historians believe that the Greeks may have attacked Troy for
its goods or to destroy its power.
According to legend, ...
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Chicago Sun-Times;
May 23, 1986 ;
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