{"id":8343,"date":"2021-12-29T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T12:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=195925"},"modified":"2021-12-29T13:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T12:23:08","slug":"historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"History\u2019s greatest mysteries: was the Trojan War fact or fiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Elinor Evans\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 29 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Thanks largely to Homer\u2019s Iliad, the Trojan War is one of the most famous events in Greek mythology. But <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/ancient-greece\/legend-troy-is-it-real-achilles-paris-helen-trojan-war\/&quot;\">how much \u2013 if any \u2013 of the legend is actually true<\/a>? In the latest in our series on history\u2019s biggest conundrums, the author and classicist Daisy Dunn revisits the literary and archaeological sources to seek out evidence for the clash between the Greeks and the city of Troy.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-195925-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.3-81ccbd7.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.3-81ccbd7.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.3-81ccbd7.mp3<\/a><\/audio><section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p>Browse all episodes in our podcast series on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/history-greatest-mysteries-series\/&quot;\">History\u2019s Greatest Mysteries<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elinor Evans Published: Wednesday, 29 December 2021 at 12:00 am Thanks largely to Homer\u2019s Iliad, the Trojan War is one of the most famous events in Greek mythology. But how much \u2013 if any \u2013 of the legend is actually true? In the latest in our series on history\u2019s biggest conundrums, the author and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8344,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/12\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/12\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/12\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/12\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/12\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/12\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/12\/historys-greatest-mysteries-was-the-trojan-war-fact-or-fiction.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Elinor Evans Published: Wednesday, 29 December 2021 at 12:00 am Thanks largely to Homer\u2019s Iliad, the Trojan War is one of the most famous events in Greek mythology. 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