It is best known as the setting for the greek myth of the trojan war The siege of troy has begun, resulting in several years of stalemate. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the unesco world heritage list in 1998
Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during its 4000 years of occupation. Paris of troy has taken helen from her husband, king menelaus of sparta, sparking the trojan war Set in 1193 b.c., this movie tells the story of a war between the two cities of troy and sparta, and the story of one of the bravest warriors to roam ancient greece named achilles.
It lay on trade routes between europe and asia, and questions of its size, wealth, and status are matters of scholarly debate. Queen helen flees sparta to be with her love, the prince of troy Watch trailers & learn more. A thousand years before the time of christ, trojan prince paris (orlando bloom) abducts the legendary greek beauty helen, queen of sparta (diane kruger), starting a war led by heroes achilles (pitt) and hector (eric bana) that devastates the ancient world.
In troy, king priam welcomes helen when hector and paris return home, and decides to prepare for war The greeks eventually invade and take the trojan beach, thanks largely to achilles and his myrmidons.
