A HISTORIC REASON FOR “gatekeepers”

FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2021-112 DAILY FEATURE:

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (June 11, 2021) – In Issue 2021-112 of Steve Kovacs Fun with Maps, Troy falls.

Trojan Horse

Troy, also called Iliad, was sacked by the Greeks on approximately this day in 1184 BC.  Homer’s works about the Trojan Wars, the Iliad and Odyssey, were part of school curriculum for centuries.

Troy was rediscovered in 1822 by archaeologists.  Studying the site confirmed that a conflict occurred there in the correct timeframe.   This largely silenced those believing that the Trojan Wars were fictitious.

And then there is that horse.  There is ongoing debate regarding if this decoy was real, and if real, just how was it deployed.  It was ingenious either way. 

Here is Ortelius’s 1602 map of Turkey, showing Troy or Troia, on the northwestern coast.

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.

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