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The movie Troy is generally a violent film while Iliad, one of the greatest works of the ancient Greek epic poet Homer, is sliced and lacerated hardheartedly in it. Archaeological records and all of its evidences are also no match for the assault that is presented before it. By looking at the archaeology and the story of Iliad and the movie Troy, one can see certain evidences or modifications set by the directors from Homer.
First of all, the story generally talks or illustrates about the Trojan War. The Trojan War is one of the most crucial and dominant series of epic poems in Homer’s novel. By looking at perspective on archaeology, it can be observed that the movie makers are trying to imitate or mimic the setting which is set or descriptive of Homer’s setting for the Iliad. Homer is a poet from the 8th century B.C., and the Trojan War occurred somewhere in the end of the Late Bronze, however, the movie was not able to show this era or time period in the movie effectively. They were not successful in arranging a chronological order of the details in the movie. The statues which are all over the city of Troy are basically inspired by the 5th and 6th century (Rose, 2008). The princess in the movie Troy, wears jewelry that basically belongs to Early Bronze, and not from the Late Bronze. In addition to this, the coins which were used in the movie are basically invented 5 to 6 centuries later. The city of Troy itself, in the movie, is adorned with exaggeration by the directors and producers. The city of Troy is basically covered or surrounded by a very high and thick wall. In reality, battering rams used to bring down castle walls were not present in the Late Bronze. Therefore, the construction of this kind of wall for the city of Troy in Iliad would be useless or impractical.
There are also modifications of Homer’s Iliad in order to fit the running time for the movie Troy and basically show the events to the audience in a faster pace. First of...