<small>''For the city in [[New York]] State see [[Troy (NY)]].''</small>
<small>''For the city in [[New York]] State see [[Troy (NY)]].''</small>
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'''Troy''' (Greek: Τροία) also known as Ilium, was the chief city of the [[Trojans]] in [[Asia Minor]]. It was attacked and laid seige to by the [[Greeks]] in the [[Trojan War]], an historical event described in poetic terms in [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]]. The German archaeologist [[Heinrich Schleimann]] identified the most probable site of Troy in the 1870's.
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'''Troy''' (Greek: Τροία) also known as Ilium, was the chief city of the [[Trojans]] in [[Asia Minor]]. It was attacked and laid siege to by the [[Greeks]] in the [[Trojan War]], an historical event described in poetic terms in [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]]. The German archaeologist [[Heinrich Schleimann]] identified the most probable site of Troy in the 1870's.