There was a real city of Troy. Archaeologists have uncovered several layers of settlements which means the city grew and withered several times. While archaeologists have not dug up remains of the Trojan horse, there has been no evidence to refute the occurrence of the Trojan War. Here Greece entered a period of relative silence. Perhaps the Greeks lost their written language during this time.
Some scholars say that was so.
It is a big black hole in history, slowly being filled in as archaeologists continue their work. David, second King of the Israelites, meets and slays the Philistine giant, Goliath. Well, maybe there was a Homer, maybe Homer was actually several bards. But, that is a story for a later article. Suffice it to say, in the 800s BCE, The Iliad and The Odyssey are told and retold, and attributed to Homer.