In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was a legendary ten-year conflict in which Greek warriors laid siegeattempt to conquer a city or fortress by surrounding it with troops and cutting off supplies to Troy, a city on the northwestern coast of Asia Minorancient term for modern-day Turkey, the part of Asia closest to Greece. Homer's(ca. 700s B.C.) Greek poet thought to be the author of the great epics the Iliad and the Odyssey great epiclong poem about legendary or historical heroes, written in a grand style the Iliad describes the activities of gods, goddesses, and human heroes during the final year of the war. Some scholars think that the story of the Trojan War may have been based on...