Troy, ancient city

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ancient city archaeological site mythological location

Troy was a legendary ancient city in Anatolia, best known as the setting of the Trojan War in Greek mythology and the focus of Homer's epic poem the Iliad.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
ancient city of Troy 2
city of Troy 2
Troy (ancient city) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ
appearsInWork Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPeriod Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMythologicalFigure Aeneas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ
besiegedBy Achaeans NERFINISHED ⓘ
besiegedForDuration ten years (mythological tradition) ⓘ
culture Anatolian civilizations ⓘ
Ancient Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedInMythBy wooden horse stratagem ⓘ
excavatedBy Carl Blegen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heinrich Schliemann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manfred Korfmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilhelm Dörpfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteName Hisarlik NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernNearbyCity Çanakkale NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMultipleSettlementLayers true ⓘ
hasSettlementLayer Troy I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Troy II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Troy VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
Troy VIIa NERFINISHED ⓘ
identifiedWith Hisarlik archaeological mound NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Renaissance literature ⓘ
Roman cultural identity ⓘ
medieval European literature ⓘ
knownFor Homer’s Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Homer’s Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
association with Homeric epics ⓘ
languageContext Greek literary tradition ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
northwestern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dardanelles NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Troad region NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance key site for study of Bronze Age Aegean-Anatolian interactions ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1998 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troy, Alabama, United States → namedAfter → Troy, ancient city ⓘ
Çanakkale Province → hasHistoricalSite → Troy, ancient city ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Troy
Troy, New York → namedAfter → Troy, ancient city ⓘ
this entity surface form: Troy (ancient city)
Sophia Engastromenos → associatedWith → Troy, ancient city ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Troy
Hisarlik → associatedWith → Troy, ancient city ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Troy
Ilus (son of Tros) → associatedWith → Troy, ancient city ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Troy
Paris – Orlando Bloom → setting → Troy, ancient city ⓘ
subject surface form: Paris (Orlando Bloom)
this entity surface form: city of Troy