Is there any information in Hittite texts about the Trojan War?

While there is no direct information concerning the Trojan War in the Hittite texts,...

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In which language was the Iliad written?

The Iliad was transcribed around 730 B.C. in Greek language, but it is not yet known,...

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When was the Iliad transcribed?

After the Trojan War (generally accepted around 1200 BC), there was a long calm perio...

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How did the Iliad arrive to us?

There is nothing such an Iliad text before Homer. The Homer experts generally accept...

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What are Homer's works?

Although we can't say certain things about Homer's life, we know much more about his...

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From which year is the oldest Iliad copy we have?

There is no copy of the Iliad from 2700 years ago, when Homer transcribed it. The mai...

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What is the political significance of Trojan mythology for the European literary ideology?

In Troy where the East met the West since three thousand B. C. E. we speak of not jus...

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Was Troy a big city?

The excavations of Dörpfeld revealed almost all the parts of the walls? of Troy, but...

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What was the reason of Korfmann's excavations?

The excavations in 1863, and then Schliemann excavations since 1870 and especially th...

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Which city is the Homeric Troy?

Schliemann showed that Troy was at Hisarlık. But there were several settlements there...

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Homer, the Iliad and Troy continue to influence the culture, art, science and literature of the world. Although the research history of this subject, in which literature, archaeology and history interconnect, reachs to a long past, not everything about this subject could be brought to the light. The number of questions about this enigmatic subject, which begins with a mythological story and then continues with numerous historical accounts, does not stop at 101, but could even extend to 1001. But we divided our subject to 10 sections, just like the 10 cities of Troy, and our aim here is to give our readers a clear explanation of the research done since the antiquity.

What is the magic behind this poet, this epic and this city, which has mesmerized people for thousands of years?
What part of the epic is real and what part is fiction? Is there really a place called Troy?
Were the unforgettable heroes of the war real persons?
Now with 101 questions and answers, we will give explanations to these and similar questions.

Sections
I. Homer
II. Iliad
III. Troy and The Trojans
IV. Troy and History of The Excavations
V. Trojan War
VI. Archaeology and Mythology
VII. Trojans and Hittites
VIII. Troy and Politics
IX. Troy and The Turks
X. Troy Nowadays
XI. Conclusions
XII. Bibliography