Troy
February 26th 2010 Yesterday morning we visited the ancient city of Troy, on the coast just a little south of Canakkale. Yes, it is a real place although it is debatable whether Homer's epic was really the first historical fiction novel, or whether these folks and events did exist.
The Iliad was written about 500 years after the Trojan Wars (thought to be about 1200BC) and tells the tale of Paris, son of King
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