Why did Alexander the Great come to Troy?

After visiting Troy in 480 B. C. E., Persian emperor Xerkes continued his Western expedition. During this expedition, large scale battles were fought between the Persians and the Greeks. After almost 150 years the Greek armies under the command of Alexander the Great from Macedonia were victorious against the Persians. This Eastern expedition which started in 334 B. C. E. under Alexander the Great's leadership has at the same time parallels with the Trojan War. Alexander the Great's expedition in fact started with an emotional visit to this sacred land; first, he sacrificed animals at the tomb of Protesilaos in Gallipoli (Protesiloas was the first hero to die during the Akha's landing), and then came to the plain of Troy crossing the Dardanelles from the West to the East. Once he was in Ilion, he made sacrifices at the temple of Athena and presented offerings for the heroes. He hung up his own weapons at the temple of the supreme goddess and took some of the weapons that have been protected since the Trojan War at the temple. He valued these weapons so much that he always carried them on him during his Eastern expedition. Alexander the Great died before he could keep his promise to make Troy a magnificent city again. However, in the 300s B. C. E., various rich people donated money to the city in order for its redevelopment. As a result of this, there were building activities of major proportions in the city. In Ilion a new temple of Athena in front of which the war between built. the Akhas and Trojans is depicted was On the north side of the city, a large theater with an approximate capacity of 8000 people was constructed. (Theater A). At the temple of Athena, sacrifices were made for the Trojan heroes; in the agora, duels that are representative of the Trojan War took place; and in the theater, plays on Trojan War were staged.