The Trojan War, true war or a myth!
Above: Map during the Trojan War
The Trojan War is said to be fought somewhere between 12th century and 13th century BC. The Trojan War started as a fight between three goddesses over an apple given to them by Eris, goddess of strife, the three goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, were supposed to choose the fairest one amongst them and receive the apple.
Above: A portrait depicting the ‘Trojan War‘ derivation
The goddesses went to Paris, a Trojan to ask for selection of the fairest one among them. Here Paris chose Aphrodite, and thought that she should receive the apple. This decision made Aphrodite make Helen one of the most beautiful women fall in love with Paris. Helen was married to Menelaus, however, Paris took Helen and eloped to Troy. This angered Mycenae and his brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and they decided to attack the Trojans.
Above: Gigantic horse statue used by the Achaeans to enter the gate of Troy
After tricking the Trojans to open their main doors, using the Trojan horse, the Achaeans destroyed and mercilessly slaughtered the Trojans. They damaged and desecrated the temples. It is said that this act of their angered the gods. Only few Achaeans returned back home, some of them stayed there or went on to go to different places.
Above: Photo shots of frieze artifacts from Treasury of Siphnos, Greece
The Greek think of this as a true story, however there are quite a few number of historians who believe there was nothing true in this story, and that it was just a story and nothing else. However, some scientists have gone forward and tried to find out the exact place where this war took place.
Above: City of Troy burning while Trojan fleeing away the City
Some of the scientists believe that this story took place in the modern day Turkey. This explanation he arrived at after excavating certain sites in the county. Some of the Trojans who managed to stay alive after the massacre settled in modern day Italy.
Above: Greek soldiers attacking aggressively
Some of the scientist believe that there is nothing truthful in this tale, and that this tale was a result of several fusions of different stories into one, this story referred to several attacks carried out by the Greeks in bronze age and Mycenae age. Therefore, there are a very few takers for this story of war.
However, some people who believe the story date it to 1200 B.C., which was supposed to be the time when Troy VIIa was destroyed. This war if it happened was the one on a smaller scale than the wars which took place in later years. Olden time wars were comparatively simpler and involved a reason and not fantasies to go to war, this was the reason wars were justified in those times and seem to have very less meaning today. Today most of the wars are for financial profits where there is no worrying about the human welfare.
Above: Battle gears used by the Greeks during the Tojan War Era
The olden time wars were simpler and life went back to normalcy faster than the vast damage caused by the present day wars where humans and facilities are destroyed in mass and very less attention is paid to safety of innocents. Weapons used in olden wars were more harmless for people who did not come in contact directly with the weapon, today weapons are being made to destroy more and more number of assets as well as people at one go.