For other uses of Troy or Ilion, see
Troy (disambiguation) and
Ilion (disambiguation). Troy (
Greek: , Troia, also , Ilion;
Latin: Troia, Ilium,
Turkish: Truva) is a
legendary city and center of the
Trojan War, as described in the
Epic Cycle, and especially in the
Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to
Homer. Trojan refers to the inhabitants and culture of Troy.Today it is the name of an archaeological site, the traditional location of Homeric Troy,
Turkish Truva, in
Hisarlık in
Anatolia, close to the seacoast in what is now
Çanakkale province in northwest
Turkey, southwest of the
Dardanelles under
Mount Ida.
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