Trojan War

>>2400363
We've literally dug Troy up in western Turkey. Iliad exaggerates and fantasises what was a real conflict and siege. Obviously.

>>2400363
>who is Heinrich Schliemann

They actually dug it up so yeah, I think it existed. I do think where was some kind of a pirate raid what became the basis for the story, but ofc it isn't literally true, especially since it was like 400 years between supposed date of the siege and supposed life time of Homer.