There's no reason to believe that what Evans found was the mythological Troy (note the "mythological"). Maybe it was the city called Wilusa by the Hittites, or

There's no reason to believe that what Evans found was the mythological Troy (note the "mythological"). Maybe it was the city called Wilusa by the Hittites, or maybe it wasn't, and maybe Wilusa was Troy ("Ilion") or maybe it wasn't. There's no way to know for sure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Iliad#Hittite_evidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Iliad#Hitti... Homer certainly didn't give a super detailed description of Troy's location. The Iliad is an epic poem not a historical account. The Homeric Question is a debate almost as ancient as the Iliad, after all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Question As to Schleimann, he was certainly all too ready to "discover" elements of the Homeric epics. For example, "the mask of Agamemnon": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_of_Agamemnon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_of_Agamemnon Or "The Jewels of Helen": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priam%27s_Treasure#/media/File:Sophia_schliemann_treasure.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priam%27s_Treasure#/media/File...