Trojan War Facts and FAQs
Who Were the Achaeans?
Answer to the question as to who were the Achaeans whom the author of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" (referred to as Homer) keeps referring to.
Husbands of Helen - Who Were the Husbands of Helen
Here are the names of the 11 men who have a claim to fame for being the husbands of Helen of Troy.
Deaths in the Iliad
This is a handy list of warriors in the Iliad that shows who did the killing, his victims, and the method of inflicting death.
Trojan War FAQs
Top questions about the Trojan War, movies about the Trojan War and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
Who Created the Trojan Horse
Did Epeus, Odysseus, Athena, or someone else create the Trojan horse?
Overpopulation in Antiquity - Trojan War to End Overpopulation
A reference to overpopulation in antiquity appears in the Epic Cycle, the series of poems, that together with the Iliad and Odyssey, covers the Trojan War.
How Did Agamemnon Die?
In the Warner Bros. movie "Troy," Briseis stabs Agamemnon after the sack of the city of Troy has begun. In the legends about Agamemnon, especially in the stories by the tragedians, Agamemnon makes it back home. How did Agamemnon die?
Was Achilles in the Trojan Horse?
In the Troy movie, Achilles emerges from the Trojan Horse. Did this really happen?
Who Wrote the Homeric Hymns?
Did Homer write the Iliad, Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns?
Iliad I Who? What? Where?
You've decided to read about Troy in a translation of the original version -- the Iliad, by Homer. Almost immediately, you face a serious problem -- you don't know who, what or where Homer is talking about.
Where in Homer is the Trojan Horse?
"I'm reading the Illiad to my grandson (age 10) and I enticed him with brief descriptions of the Trojan Horse event... looking ahead in the book, I realize that the Illiad ends before the 'Horse' event takes place. Did Homer write about the 'Horse'?"
The Madness of Odysseus
From email: "A classmate mentioned a story about Odysseus pushing a plow in such a frenzy, when the Achaians came to tell him that the time for war had come, that his family had to put the baby in the furrow to determine if Odysseus was crazy. Have you ever heard of such a story?"
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
Where does the expression "Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts" come from?
The Son of Achilles
The question was asked whether or not Achilles had any children. After all, he is not portrayed as married, and his love of Patroclus has led to speculation that Achilles was gay, although his outrage over the taking of his war prize, Briseis, by Agamemnon shows that Achilles certainly had an interest in women regardless of what his relationship...