The Hollywood film Troy is a great action drama, but its historical accuracy could be questioned. This essay will evaluate how much of Troy and its source is real. It will be suggested that Troy and the Iliad were part legend and part historical. This essay will examine the origin of Troy, the Iliad, and the facts behind the story. A series of evidence provided by archaeologists will be presented in support of this essay. To begin, this essay will examine the history of Troy and the Iliad. In the film Troy and its source, the Iliad written and performed by Homer, there are three powerful states, Troy, Greece and Sparta. The story begins with the prince of Troy, Paris seducing the queen of Sparta, Helen, and the king of Sparta, Menelous, becomes angry, so he asks his brother, the king of Greece, Agemennon, to help him. The Agemennon sees this as an opportunity to control Troy and obliges. They gather their allies and send thousands of fleets to Troy. The Trojan War in the film lasts several weeks in the film and a decade in the book. The Trojans are defeated when the Greeks send a horse full of men and Troy accepts him at its gates, and the Greeks successfully invade Troy, burning it in flames. The story of the Iliad takes place in 1194 BC – 1184 BC and was written in 760 BC – 710 BC The Troy on which all of this was based existed. It is located in the northwestern corner of Turkey and was excavated by an archaeologist named Heinrich Scliemann in 1868. Troy is divided into 9 layers, each of which goes back further in time, and layer 7 is the one depicted in the film and the books. The walls built around Troy proved to be strong, so it could have withstood the siege for a long time. During subsequent excavations... middle of paper... Royal's walls weakened their defense. Around 1200 BC, a series of massive earthquakes struck the eastern Mediterranean, destroying cities one after another over a 50-year period. Another explanation of the Trojan Horse was siege engines named after animals. However, the chances of a wooden horse with men inside it being accepted as a gift are extremely low. To conclude, Troy and the Iliad were part real and part myth and legend. The evidence presented demonstrated that the story had some historical basis. First, it was established that the city of Troy was real and located in the northwestern corner of Türkiye. Later, it was identified that the city of Troy was large and had good defense. Thirdly, it is proven that there was a conflict between the Mycenaeans, a powerful state of Greece. Finally, it is proven that Troy lost and was burned by flames.