So it's all fiction right?

No, the parts about the gods and monsters were true

Nah Homer was actually pretty ill for most of his life

>>1855096
It is speculated that Laomedon was an extorting warchief that sparked rage on traders

Everything except for Achilles's shield, that was real.

>>1855096
they found ditches and walls in troy as described in the illiad

>>1855096
There was a city called Troy, and there was at least a war that destroyed it.

If the Iliad isn't real, then how can there be a city called Rome?

>>1855096
Not really. There's written testimony from hittite sources that most likely refers to the Trojan war, though the events might have played out over more than 10 years and they were definitely embellished and magnified.