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Helen of Troy saga stirs 3000 year debate
An American visitor to Troy Asia Minor revisits the Helen of Troy question. Experts discuss whether the war sprang from trade and politics or Helen herself, with Herodotus and Egyptian accounts offering conflicting deeds. The Troy site’s dig reveals shifting theories about which city layer holds the true Troy. The date of the war 1197–1187 B C is linked to a solar eclipse in Odyssey.
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Helen of Troy
Helen
Troy
Hissarlik
Asia Minor
Carl Blegen
University of Cincinnati
Homer
Menelaus
Nyone
Hellespont
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Helen of
H. G. Wells
Herodotus
Christ
Achilles
Heinrich Schliemann
Schliemann
Priam
Paris