Saga 01 · c. 1180 BCE · The Aegean

The Fall of Troy

↻ Drag to inspect the horse — note the bronze trapdoor under the belly. Legend says it held 30 to 40 warriors, Odysseus among them.

Ten Years in Eight Chapters

From one golden apple to a city in flames. Switch your lens in the header — every fact card below retells itself.

Who's Who: The Web of the War

Hover any name to light up their relationships. Gold dashes = divine backing, red dots = enemies, orange = love, grey = family.

family love divine support conflict

The Night Troy Fell

The citadel in full: god-built walls, watchtowers, Priam's palace — and the horse waiting at the Scaean Gate while embers begin to rise.

↻ Drag to orbit the citadel — every mesh is data anyone can edit in js/engine3d.js.

Myth vs. Dig

In 1870, Heinrich Schliemann started digging at Hisarlik in Türkiye — and found nine cities stacked on top of each other. Here's how the legend measures up against the trowel.

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Troy has fallen. Now try getting home.

Odysseus's reward for winning the war: a ten-year voyage past man-eating giants, singing monsters and a very angry sea god.

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