Feeding the Trojan
Horse
No, that dark structure in the
background is not the original Trojan
horse, just an imaginative replica built
by the Turkish government so
visitors would have something
distinctive to photograph when
they visit the ruins
of Troy.
Is there nothing else to see?
Yes. There are walls and ruins
of a few buildings.
Most are of intense interest
only to archeologists. But the
excitement of a visit to Troy
is in the feeling of
the place:
-- The view across the fertile
Troad (plains of Troy)
to the Dardanelles and
the Gallipoli
peninsula and battlefields on
the far shore
-- The thrill of standing on
the walls where one of
the great early legends of our
civilization was played
out, with Helen, Achilles, Hector...
The story is good enough to
rate a major
motion picture...and a visit
from you! |
