The mythical conflict took place outside the walls of Troy, an ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor. But the seeds of war were sown far from there, in the city of Sparta on the Greek mainland.

In Homer, it is the affair between Troy's prince Paris and Greek queen Helen that triggers the legendary war. In reality, contemporary records from the neighbouring Hittites confirm the Greeks ...

Achilles still has the hump and refuses to fight. So his cousin Patroclus takes the superhero's special armour and returns to the battle…but unfortunately for Patroclus he's no superhero.

Helen is the wife of Menelaus - King of Sparta - and he musters an army led by his brother Agamemnon to sail to Troy to take Helen back. The war lasts for 10 long years, during which time the main ...

The La Salle Institute and Troy will host the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica “The Wall That Heals” in June. The Wall, a ...