Troy

Troy (Ilion) is both a historical Bronze Age city in northwest Turkey (excavated by Schliemann) and a mythological site—the setting of the Trojan War, Homer's Iliad, and the origin of Rome through Aeneas. The fall of Troy is one of the foundational stories of Western civilization.

One of the foundational mythological sites of Western civilization; the destruction of Troy and the deaths of heroes generate Western culture's first exploration of heroism, loss, and fate.