Troy: Fall of a City recap – series one, episode two: Conditions (2024)

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How accurate is the series Troy: Fall of a City? ›

Overall, while "Troy: Fall of a City" is not completely historically accurate, it does make an effort to stay true to the general story and themes of the Trojan War while also adding its own unique twists and interpretations.

The western Greek alliance at last gains entry to Troy, employing the ruse devised by Odysseus-the Trojan Horse and sack the city. After Helen's betrayal, Melenaus kills Paris.

New Netflix series Troy: Fall of a City, co-produced with the BBC, is most obviously based on Homer's account of the Trojan War in the Iliad, but there are a number of other historical inspirations for the true story behind Troy.

“You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it but sadly there are none available!” said Farr, adding: “We are not claiming that Achilles was actually Ethiopian any more than if a black actor played [King] Arthur. It is simply a casting decision.

The adventurous homeward voyages of the Greek leaders were told in two epics, the Returns (Nostoi; lost) and Homer's Odyssey. The few Trojan survivors included Aeneas, whose descendants continued to rule the Trojans; later tradition took Aeneas's Trojans to Italy as the ancestors of the Romans.

However, if you mean his descriptions in the Illiad and so on, then no. He is explicitly and often called blond, golden haired or bright haired. He also comes from Greece, which at the time was not populated by black people.

helen of troy was white.

The Achaians (Greeks) have a colour scheme of red and yellow, with the Trojans in blue and yellow, so this should be clearer on the battlefield. New characters from the Iliad and associated stories in the Epic Cycle are: Artemis.

Most stories indicate that she was forced to marry Deïphobus, and when the Greeks finally captured Troy, she betrayed him to Menelaus. Menelaus had meant to kill Helen because she had deserted him.

Agamemnon was killed upon his return from Troy by Clytemnestra, or in an older version of the story, by Clytemnestra's lover Aegisthus.

Who killed Achilles? ›

Achilles is killed by an arrow, shot by the Trojan prince Paris. In most versions of the story, the god Apollo is said to have guided the arrow into his vulnerable spot, his heel. In one version of the myth Achilles is scaling the walls of Troy and about to sack the city when he is shot.

The city of Troy, which existed over 4000 years, is known as the center of ancient civilizations. For many years, it was believed that the city was only in stories until it was found. It is also called Ilion or, in Latin, Ilium and is the site, almost universally accepted as the mound now named Hissarlik, in Turkey.

According to legend, the Trojan prince Paris killed Achilles by shooting him in the heel with an arrow. Paris was avenging his brother, Hector, whom Achilles had slain. Though the death of Achilles is not described in the Iliad, his funeral is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.

Most of us think he was a mythologic Greek hero (Figure 1). The truth is that there may well have been a real Thessalian warrior, later mythologized by his semi-literate people. The story goes that his mother, Thetis, made him invulnerable by dipping him in the River Styx while he was still an infant.

The archaeological remains still allow for an impressive insight into the Bronze Age city with its fortifications, palaces and administrative buildings. Of the Greek and Roman periods, two major public buildings on the edge of the agora have survived in almost complete condition.

The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998. The site was excavated by Heinrich Schliemann and Frank Calvert starting in 1871. Under the ruins of the classical city, they found the remains of numerous earlier settlements.

The site of Troy, in the northwest corner of modern-day Turkey, was first settled in the Early Bronze Age, from around 3000 BC.

Answer: The Fall of Troy could have been avoided if the Trojans have listened to their wise priest who had warned them that the horse could be a trick to destroy Troy. They should also not have been superstitious and taken the horse inside the city believing that it would bring them luck.