Troy

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 2005)

My son and I watched Troy on TV from our hotel room in New York City. I tried to explain the story to him and to myself. It is from the Iliad written by the ancient Greek poet Homer. Ilium is another word for the city of Troy. Trojan Paris seduced the beautiful Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Greece. The Greeks sacked Troy, using a huge wooden horse to enter the city. Brad Pitt plays Achilles, the Greek warrior who kills Trojan hero Hector. Achilles dies when Paris shoots an arrow into his heel. My son asked if the part about the Trojan horse was true. I said half the story is true and half is made up. The war took place on the coast of Turkey around 1200BC.